Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation: A Clinical GuideHandbook for the Assessment of Dissociation: A Clinical Guide is the first book to offer guidelines for the systematic assessment of dissociation and posttraumatic syndromes. This book provides a comprehensive overview of dissociative symptoms and disorders, as well as an introduction to the use of the SCID-D, a diagnostic interview for the dissociative disorders includes chapters on differential diagnosis, a discussion of the relationship between dissociation and trauma, and a sample patient interview serves the needs of novices in the field as well as experienced clinicians and researchers |
Contents
Escape From Consciousness Five Core Dissociative Symptoms | 3 |
Dissociation and Trauma | 17 |
The Five Dissociative Symptoms | 31 |
Amnesia The Black Hole of Dissociation | 33 |
Assessment of Amnesia | 65 |
Depersonalization The Detached Self | 91 |
Assessment of Depersonalization | 117 |
Derealization The Unreal World | 137 |
Clinical Applications | 265 |
Differential Diagnosis of the Dissociative Disorders | 267 |
Intrainterview Dissociative Cues | 297 |
The SCIDD in Nondissociative Psychiatric Disorders | 313 |
The SCIDD in Clinical Practice A Sample Interview | 335 |
Conclusion | 367 |
Severity Rating Definitions of Individual Dissociative Symptoms | 383 |
Sample SCIDD Diagnostic Report for Inclusion in Patient Records | 391 |
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| Title | Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation: A Clinical Guide |
| Author | Marlene Steinberg |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | American Psychiatric Pub, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0880486821, 9780880486828 |
| Length | 433 pages |
| Subjects | › › Medical / Psychiatry / General |
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