Reality as an Inkblot: Looking at the Trauma Literature.

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Title:	Reality as an Inkblot: Looking at the Trauma Literature.
Authors:	Waugaman, Richard M.
Source:	Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes. Fall2004, Vol. 67 Issue 3, p222-230. 9p.
Subjects:	Hollander, Penelope, Child sexual abuse, Dissociative disorders in children, Dissociative identity disorder, Child psychopathology, Sex crimes
Abstract:	Focuses on the personal account of Penelope Hollander's childhood trauma and its ongoing sequel and how she has struggled to come in terms with the trauma using a variety of coping strategies. Use of journal writing as a valuable adjunct to the treatment of dissociative identity disorder patients; Uncertainty experienced over the revelation of the sexual abuse; Interpretation of Hollander of her rejected suitor's cherchez la femme.
Database:	Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection

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Abstract:	Focuses on the personal account of Penelope Hollander's childhood trauma and its ongoing sequel and how she has struggled to come in terms with the trauma using a variety of coping strategies. Use of journal writing as a valuable adjunct to the treatment of dissociative identity disorder patients; Uncertainty experienced over the revelation of the sexual abuse; Interpretation of Hollander of her rejected suitor's cherchez la femme.
ISSN:	00332747
DOI:	10.1521/psyc.67.3.222.48978