The Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) is a

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self-assessment questionnaire that measures

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symptoms.

Background

It contains twenty-eight questions and returns an overall score as well as four sub-scale results. DES is intended to be a screening test, since only 17% of patients with scores over 30 will be diagnosed with having

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. Patients with lower scores above normal may have other post-traumatic conditions. The DES-II contains the same questions but with a different response scale.

References

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External links

A sample adolescent DES test
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Southeast Institute
Chapel Hill, NC
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
Psychological tests and scales Dissociative disorders