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Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES) - Hardcover

 
9780787901578: Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (JOSSEY BASS SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SERIES)

Synopsis

Each chapter in this work focuses on a different aspect of clinical technique, including assessment, cognitive therapy, psychodynamic therapy, expressive therapy, short-term in-patient treatment, longer term hospitalization, the correct use of hypnosis, and other important modalities. In addition, the study of this complex disorder reveals the inner workings of the normal functioning mind and helps to shed light on the causes and treatment of other disorders.

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Some of the most eminent practitioners in the field discuss treatments for dissociative identity disorder, a fascinating yet debilitating malady. They discuss clinical techniques including assessment, cognitive therapy, psychodynamic therapy, expressive 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.

About the Author

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.

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