Please visit www.trastornosdisociativos.com for dissociative disorder resources in Spanish.

Translations of the DES and A-DES are available through the Sidran Institute

The Sidran Institute is happy to be able to distribute the original English-language DES and A-DES and several translations. Sidran is in the process of compiling the translations and securing permission for distribution from the translators. As these translations become available, they will be added to the list on their website.

Additional existing translations that we are not aware of may be available that are not listed below.

The DES is available in these languages:

Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) by Eve Bernstein Carlson, Ph.D., and Frank W. Putnam, M.D. Original English version.

Brazilian Portugese
Translation by Adriana Fiszman. Includes a published paper describing the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument to Portuguese.

Cambodian (Khmer)
Translation by Rhonda Rosser.

Chinese, Mandarin
Developed by Stephanie R. Olen-Kleindorfer, Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Widener University, M.A. (anthropology), with the assistance of Professors Zhongheng Dai and Cun-Dao He of the Department of Psychology, East China Normal University, and Professor Jiecheng Zhao of the Shanghai Institute of Mental Health. Standard procedures for triple blind back-translation were followed, with the assistance of Kate Fang of the University of Pennsylvania. Initial results from several populations in China are available from Ms. Olen-Kleindorfer upon request.

Chinese, Traditional Character Version
Translated/edited by Sandy Chen, Sharon Ho, Rosa Lin, & Sherry Schock.

Chinese, Simplified Character Version
Translated/edited by Sandy Chen, Sharon Ho, Rosa Lin, & Sherry Schock.

Czech
By Frantisek Man, Ph.D., and Iva Stuchlíková, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Jihoceska Univerzita.

Dutch
By Dr. Nel Draijer, Dr. Suzette Boon, and Dr. Onno van der Hart, working independently and then agreeing on a final version. They validated the final version against the SCID-D.

Finnish
© 1997 Suomentanut Antti Tanskanen, KYS, psykiatrian klinikka. Kaikki oikeudet pidätetään.

French
This French translation by J.-A. Malarewicz, M.D. was made in 1986. It was back-translated by Scherill Mulhern and used in France, Switzerland, and Quebec.

French (Canadian)
This translation by Serge Saintonge, Ph.D., was back-translated by Sandra Lambert, Ph.D.

Italian
By Giuseppe Miti, M.D.

Italian
By Annalisa Fabbri Bombi, Dept. of Neurological and Psychiatric Science, Prof. Giovanni Colombo, M.D., Dept. of Psychiatry, and Prof. Francesca Cristante, Dept. of Psychology, all of the University of Padua, with the collaboration of Dr. Ida Bertin, of the Public Service of Psychiatry. Translation and back-translation were done by two different bilingual interpreters, and the translation was checked by trained clinicians for errors of content.

Japanese
Translated by Masahiro Umesue, M.D., Ph.D., back-translated, and checked by Eve Carlson.

Korean
Translated by Dr. Duk-In Jon and a team including two psychiatrists and one clinical psychologist. A preliminary version is available. The test will soon be back-translated to English. The final version will be used to assess survivors of the Korean War.

Norwegian
By Tor Boe, Psy.D., Jan Haslerud, and Helge Knudsen. Each translated the DES separately; then all three agreed on a final version. A U.S.-born colleague fluent in both English and Norwegian back-translated it and both versions were sent to Eve Carlson for approval.

Polish
By Jerzy Siuta, Ph.D. It was back-translated into English, and the back-translation approved by Dr. Carlson.

Portuguese (Brazilian)
Translation by Adriana Fiszman. Includes a published paper describing the process of cross-cultural adaptation of the instrument to Portuguese.

Spanish (Puerto Rican)
By Carlos S. Alvarado; back-translated by Nancy L. Zingrone. This version was designed specifically for a Puerto Rican population, and the translators advise it may need some editing to be suitable for other Spanish-speaking populations.

Spanish
By Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D., Peter Guarnaccia, Ph.D., and the Equipo de Salud Mental del Hospital de Cambridge.

Turkish
Translated by L. Ilhan Yargic, M.D., and others, first independently and then by consensus. Some questions were modified after a pilot study to make the test comprehensible by as many subjects as possible.

Ukrainian
Translated by S. Yevchuck and M. Pustovoyt of Ivano-Frankivsk State Medical Academy and independently back-translated.

The A-DES is available in these languages through the Sidran Institute at http://www.sidran.org/catalog/des.html

Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES) by Judith Armstrong, Ph.D., Frank W. Putnam, M.D., and Eve Bernstein Carlson, Ph.D. Original English version.

French Canadian
By Serge Saintonge, Ph.D. (1999); back-translated by Sandra Lambert, Ph.D. (1999).

Copies of the DES (in any available language) and the A-DES are copyright-free. You are welcome to photocopy any of the materials for use in research or clinical work. You do not need special permission to use the DES in your research or clinical work. Because of the ever increasing costs of paper and postage, Sidran charges a small fee to underwrite the distribution of the DES and related materials. For a package containing one copy each of the DES (designate language, please), An Update on the Dissociative Experiences Scale (Dissociation 6 (1):16-27) which is the DES manual, and a list of references, the cost is $12. The A-DES packet contains five copies of the test (English only), and an article by the authors. The A-DES also costs $12. You can purchase the DES and the A-DES online through Sidran at http://www.sidran.org/catalog/des.html or by calling Sidran at 1-888-825-8249.

Listed below are additional translations of the CDC, A-DES and DES which are available through the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children:Click here to send email request

Italian CDC
By Dott. Daniele Mugnaini, and Dr. Renato Donfrancesco.

Norwegian CDC
By Arne Blindheim and colleagues.

Spanish DES-II
By Alfonso Martinez-Taboas, M.A. and Etzel Cardena, Ph.D.