The syndrome of identity diffusion
- 1 November 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (11) , 1381-1385
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.11.1381
Abstract
The syndrome of identity diffusion was delineated as consisting of 6 clinical features: contradictory character traits, temporal discontinuity in the self, lack of authenticity, feelings of emptiness, gender dysphoria and inordinate ethnic and moral relativism. This syndrome implies severe character pathology and is distinct from adolescent identity crisis. The conceptualization has a significant bearing on the differential diagnosis and psychotherapy of personality disorders.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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