9780471132653
Subtitle: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality
Written by: Ross, Colin A.
Written by: Ross, P. Stewart Stewart Stewart Michael
Published by: John Wiley & Sons
Location: New York :
Subject: Neuropsychology
Subject: Personality
Subject: Mental Illness
Subject: Multiple personality
Subject: Multiple-Personality Disorder
Subject: Psychopathology, General
Subject: Psychopathology, Abnormal
Edition Number: 2
Series: Wiley series in general and clinical psychiatry
Series Volume: v. 1
Date of Publication: January 1997
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Yes
Number of Pages: 464
Book Size: 9.57x6.46x1.51 in. 1.88 lbs.
Since the publication of Colin A. Ross's influential work Multiple Personality Disorder in 1989, this challenging field has evolved rapidly--with new thinking, new research, and a new name: dissociative identity disorder (DID). Keeping pace with these developments, this retitled Second Edition has been skillfully revised and expanded to offer a comprehensive, detailed, and fully up-to-date grounding in the history, diagnosis, and treatment of DID. Readers will find three new chapters covering epidemiology, a sound critique of skeptics of DID, and the problem of attachment to the perpetrator and the locus of control shift. There is also a fresh look at the pathways leading to DID, a discussion of the false memory controversy, and more, with material throughout based on the latest research and the author's extensive clinical and forensic experience.
By providing an in-depth examination of this complex illness, Dissociative Identity Disorder not only facilitates a deeper understanding of people who have used dissociation to cope with years of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but also reveals new insights into many other psychiatric disorders in which dissociation plays a role. Like Multiple Personality Disorder, this updated volume is an authoritative and indispensable reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and other mental health professionals, as well as researchers in these fields.
Ross provides a comprehensive and interesting account of the history of MPD, dispelling many myths. He presents new insight into the treatment of MPD, with information about such concerns as how to talk to a patient, how toschedule your time, and how to keep your private and professional] lives separate. . . . Multiple Personality Disorder will be an invaluable addition to the reference libraries of sexual abuse clinics, child abuse agencies, and correctional facilities, as well as clinicians. --Family Violence Bulletin
Book News Annotation:
Details the history, diagnosis, and treatment of dissociative
identity disorder (DID) and discusses the role it plays in other
psychiatric disorders. Includes appendices of a DSM-IV interview
schedule, a therapist dissociative checklist, and a master treatment
plan. This retitled second edition of the author's 1989 work,
Multiple Personality Disorder, contains new chapters on epidemiology,
skepticism of DID, and the problem of attachment to the perpetrator
and the locus of control shift, plus discussion of the false memory
controversy. For mental health professionals and researchers.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
By providing an in-depth examination of this complex illness, Dissociative Identity Disorder not only facilitates a deeper understanding of people who have used dissociation to cope with years of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but also reveals new insights into many other psychiatric disorders in which dissociation plays a role. Like Multiple Personality Disorder, this updated volume is an authoritative and indispensable reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers and other mental health professionals, as well as researchers in these fields.
Description:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 416-440) and indexes.
