%0 Journal Article
%T Schizophrenia masquerading as Dissociative Identity Disorder
%A Jegan Yogaratnam
%A Rajesh Jacob
%J Journal of Case Reports
%D 2012
%I Journal of Case Reports
%X Dissociative symptoms can dominate the clinical picture in many psychiatric conditions and possess a huge challenge to the clinicians in management. We present a case report of a female with a strong family history of schizophrenia who initially presented with features suggestive of dissociative identity disorder, which is itself a rare clinical entity, was later diagnosed to have schizophrenia. Authors would like to emphasise that clinicians should have a high index of suspicion for schizophrenia when a patient with a strong genetic loading for schizophrenia presents with dissociative symptoms as early treatment enhances the prognosis.
%K Dissociative identity disorder
%K Schizophrenia
%U http://www.casereports.in/articles/2/1/schizophrenia-masquerading-as-dissociative-identity.html