Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation : Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

by Moskowitz, Andrew; Schafer, Ingo; Dorahy, Martin Justin

• ISBN13: 9780470511732
• ISBN10: 0470511737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-31
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

In the 100 years since Eugen Bleuler unveiled his concept of schizophrenia, which had dissociation at its core, the essential connection between traumatic life events, dissociative processes and psychotic symptoms has been lost. Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation is the first book to attempt to reforge this connection, by presenting challenging new findings linking these now disparate fields, and by comprehensively surveying, from a wide range of perspectives, the complex relationship between dissociation and psychosis.A cutting-edge sourcebook, Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation brings together highly-respected professionals working in the psychosis field with renowned clinicians and researchers from the fields of traumatic stress, dissociation and the dissociative disorders, and will be of interest to those working with or studying psychotic or dissociative disorders, as well as trauma-related conditions such as borderline personality disorder or complex post-traumatic stress disorder. It makes an invaluable contribution to the burgeoning literature on severe mental disorders and serious life events. The book has three sections:Connecting trauma and dissociation to psychosis ' an exploration of the links between trauma, dissociation and psychosis from a wide range of historical and theoretical perspectives.Comparing psychotic and dissociative disorders ' a presentation of empirical and clinical perspectives on similarities and differences between the two sets of disorders.Assessing and treating hybrid and boundary conditions ' consideration of existing and novel diagnostic categories, such as borderline personality disorder and dissociative psychosis, that blend or border dissociative and psychotic disorders, along with treatment perspectives emphasising humanistic and existential concerns.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Connecting Trauma and Dissociation to Psychosis: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

Historical conceptions of dissociation and psychosis: 19th and early 20th century perspectives on severe psychopathology

Hysterical psychosis: A historical review and empirical evaluation

Association and dissociation in the historical concept of schizophrenia

Ego-fragmentation in schizophrenia: A severe dissociation of self-experience

Delusional atmosphere, the psychotic prodrome, and de-contextualised memories

The complex overlap between dissociation and schizotypy

Pierre Janet on hallucinations, paranoia, and schizophrenia

From hysteria to chronic relational trauma disorder: The history of borderline personality disorder and its links with dissociation and psychosis

An attachment perspective on schizophrenia: the role of disorganised attachment, dissociation, and mentalization

Comparing Psychotic and Dissociative Disorders: Research and Clinical Perspectives

Childhood trauma in psychotic and dissociative disorders

Dissociative symptoms in schizophrenia

Psychotic symptoms in complex dissociative disorders

Advances in assessment: The differential diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia

Cognitive perspectives on dissociation and psychosis: Differences in the processing of threat

Depersonalisation disorder and schizotypal personality disorder

Biological perspectives

Treating dissociative and psychotic disorders psychodynamically

Assessing and Treating Hybrid and Boundary Conditions: Clinical and Existential Perspectives

Dissociative psychosis: Clinical and theoretical aspects

Trauma-based dissociative hallucinosis: Diagnosis and treatment

Dissociative schizophrenia

The role of double binds, reality testing, and chronic relational trauma in the genesis and treatment of borderline personality disorder

Pharmacotherapy in the collaborative treatment of trauma-induced dissociation and psychosis

Accepting and working with voices: The Maastricht approach

Dissociation, psychosis, and spirituality: Whose voices are we hearing

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