{"product_id":"dissociative-identity-disorder-colin-a-ross-9780471132653","title":"Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality","description":"Since the publication of Colin A. Ross's influential work MultiplePersonality Disorder in 1989, this challenging field has evolvedrapidly--with new thinking, new research, and a new name: dissociative identity disorder (DID). Keeping pace with thesedevelopments, this retitled Second Edition has been skillfullyrevised and expanded to offer a comprehensive, detailed, and fullyup-to-date grounding in the history, diagnosis, and treatment ofDID. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will find three new chapters covering epidemiology, a soundcritique of skeptics of DID, and the problem of attachment to theperpetrator and the locus of control shift. There is also a freshlook at the pathways leading to DID, a discussion of the falsememory controversy, and more, with material throughout based on thelatest research and the author's extensive clinical and forensicexperience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By providing an in-depth examination of this complex illness, Dissociative Identity Disorder not only facilitates a deeperunderstanding of people who have used dissociation to cope withyears of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but alsoreveals new insights into many other psychiatric disorders in whichdissociation plays a role. Like Multiple Personality Disorder, thisupdated volume is an authoritative and indispensable reference forpsychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, socialworkers and other mental health professionals, as well asresearchers in these fields. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ross provides a comprehensive and interesting account of thehistory of MPD, dispelling many myths. He presents new insight intothe treatment of MPD, with information about such concerns as howto talk to a patient, how to schedule your time, and how to keepyour private and [professional] lives separate. . . . MultiplePersonality Disorder will be an invaluable addition to thereference libraries of sexual abuse clinics, child abuse agencies, and correctional facilities, as well as clinicians.\" --FamilyViolence Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin a. Ross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0471132659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780471132653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.57h x 6.46w x 1.51d","brand":"Colin a. Ross","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056179572991,"sku":"9780471132653","price":172.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14db3b32-17aa-406c-a728-193d566ff0f2.jpg?v=1685039927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dissociative-identity-disorder-colin-a-ross-9780471132653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}