Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Dissociative disorders: a personal 'work in progress'. |
| Authors: |
Middleton, Warwick |
| Source: |
Australasian Psychiatry. Sep2004, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p245-252. 8p. |
| Subjects: |
Dissociative disorders, Dissociation (Psychology), Pathological psychology, Psychotherapy patients, People with mental illness, Victims |
| Abstract: |
Objective: To identify the core issues contained within the dissociative disorders literature, and synthesize them into a non-polarized, inclusive perspective that emphasizes logic, core psychological principles and mutual professional respect.Conclusions: A large percentage of all psychiatric patients are traumatized in clinically significant manners. Dissociation, in all its variants, represents a psychological mechanism for the victim of trauma to defend him/herself from being overwhelmed. Debates regarding the validity of dissociative disorders need to be viewed in the context of society's counter-transference to trauma, in the context of health professionals feeling vulnerable to controversy, and in terms of their own experience of trauma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
