Description
Book SynopsisThe book thoroughly examines the complex and disturbing disorder popularly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, renamed Dissociative Identity Disorder in the new DSM-IV. It covers the diagnosis, dynamics, assessment, differential diagnosis, and treatment of this disorder and presents significant new research findings.
Table of ContentsTHE HISTORY OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER.
The History Prior to and Including Freud.
Freud to the Present.
DIAGNOSIS AND CLINICAL FEATURES OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITYDISORDER.
Epidemiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder andDissociation.
Clinical Features of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Structured Interview and Self-Report Measures ofDissociation.
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Other PsychiatricDisorders.
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Nonclinical Dissociation.
Skeptical Criticisms of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
TREATMENT OF DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER.
Treatment Outcome of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
General Principles of Treatment.
The Problem of Attachment to the Perpetrator and the Locus ofControl Shift.
Specific Techniques of Treatment: The Middle and Late Phases ofTherapy.
Other Therapeutic Considerations.
Afterword--Dissociative Identity Disorder in the Twenty-FirstCentury.
Appendices.
References.
Indexes.
