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Researchers call for maladaptive daydreaming to be included as dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals

Researchers call for maladaptive daydreaming to be included as dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek argues in a position paper just published open access in the prestigious British Journal of Psychiatry. Co-signatories on this position paper include many of the presidents and past presidents of the dissociative disorder societies, indicating widespread agreement in the field. This sends a strong message to the psychiatric community, according to which the field of dissociation is interested in formally accepting MD into it.

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