BELIEF IN THE EXISTENCE OF MULTIPLE PERSONALITY-DISORDER AMONG PSYCHOLOGISTS AND PSYCHIATRISTS

The present study surveyed the attitudes of psychiatrists and psycholo gists with regard to the existence Of dissociative and multiple person ality disorders. Questionnaires were sent to psychiatrists and psychol ogists in all VA Medical Centers. A total of 1,120 VA psychologists an d psychiatrists completed the surveys. More than 97% of respondents in dicated that they believed in dissociative disorders, while 80% report ed a belief in multiple personality disorder. Belief in multiple perso nality disorder was related significantly to profession, age, and year s of experience.