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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