Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder

by Spira, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780787903299
• ISBN10: 0787903299
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-14
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique Discusses clinical treatment, including cognitive therapy, psychodynamic therapy, short-term in-patient treatment, longer term hospitalization, and the correct use of hypnosis. Also discussed is how the study of this controversial diagnosis reveals the inner workings of the normal functioning mind.

Author Biography

JAMES L. SPIRA, Ph.D., M.P.H., is on the faculty of the department of psychiatry and department of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. He serves as the director of the program in health psychology at The Center for Living, Duke University.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction: Disorder (MPD)

Part One: Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder

1. Psychological Assessment(Judith Armstrong)

2. Dissociation, Psychotherapy, and the Cognitive Sciences(Daniel J. Siegel)

3. Models of Helping: The Role of Responsibility(Catherine G. Fine)

Part Two: Outpatient Interventions

4. Treatment of Early Onset(Gary Peterson)

5. An Outline for Psychoanalytic Treatment(Stephen S. Marmer)

6. The Use of Hypnosis in Diagnosis and Treatment(William Smith)

7. Expressive Therapy(Peggy L. Dawson, John F. Higdon)

Part Three: Inpatient Interventions

8. Hospital Treatment(Richard P. Kluft)

9. Short-Term, Problem-Oriented Inpatient Treatment(Colin A. Ross)