Dissociation and the dissociative disorders

This title is winner of ISSTD's 2009 Pierre Janet Writing Award for the best publication on dissociation in 2009! "Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders" is a book that has no real predecessor in the dissociative disorders field. It reports the most recent scientific findings and conceptualizations about dissociation. It defines and establishes the boundaries of current knowledge in the dissociative disorders field. It identifies and carefully articulates the field's current points of confusion, gaps in knowledge, and conjectures. It clarifies the different aspects and implications of dissociation. It sets forth a research agenda for the next decade. In many respects, "Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders" both defines and redefines the field.Dissociation and Unformulated Experience: A Psychoanalytic Model of Mind. Part XIII: Toward a Clarified Understanding of Dissociation. Dell, Lawson, An Empirical Delineation of the Domain of Pathological Dissociation. Sar, Ross, A Research Agenda for the Dissociative Disorders Field. Dell, Understanding Dissociation. Dissociation in Patients with Chronic PTSD: Hyperactivation and Hypoactivation Patterns, Clinical and Neuroimaging Perspectives. Part VII: The DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders. Dell, The Long Struggle to Diagnose Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD): I. MPD. Dell, The Long Struggle to Diagnose Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD): II. Partial MPD. Ross, Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue. Simeon, Depersonalization Disorder. Part VIII: Dissociation in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Waelde, Silvern, Carlson, Fairbank, Kletter, Dissociation in PTSD. Ginzburg, Butler, Saltzman, Koopman, Dissociative Reactions in PTSD. Ford, Dissociation in Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or Disorders of Extreme Stress Not Otherwise Specified (DESNOS). Part IX: Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Dependence. Zanarini, Jager-Hyman, Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder. Howell, Blizard, Chronic Relational Trauma Disorder: A New Diagnostic Scheme for Borderline Personality and the Spectrum of Dissociative Disorders. Somer, Opiod Use Disorder and Dissociation. Part X: Dissociation and Psychosis. Moskowitz, Read, Farrelly, Rudegeair, Williams, Are Psychotic Symptoms Traumatic in Origin and Dissociative in Kind? Sar, Ozturk, Psychotic Presentations of Dissociative Identity Disorder. Nurcombe, Scott, Jessop, Dissociative Hallucinosis. Ross, The Theory of a Dissociative Subtype of Schizophrenia. Part XI: Assessment and Measurement of Dissociation. Frankel, Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders: Clinical and Forensic Assessment with Adults. Brown, True Drama or True Trauma? Forensic Trauma Assessment and the Challenge of Detecting Malingering. Part XII: Treatment of Dissociation. Kluft, A Clinician's Understanding of Dissociation: Fragments of an Acquaintance. Gold, Seibel, Treating Dissociation: A Contextual Approach. Bromberg, Multiple Self-States, the Relational Mind, and Dissociation: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Stern,