Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

by Andrew Moskowitz (Editor), Ingo Schafer (Editor), Martin Justin Dorahy (Editor)

Der Sammelband gliedert sich in Historisches, Empirisches und Klinisches. Zun�chst untersuchen die Autoren im historischen Abschnitt den wechselnden Bedeutungsgehalt von Dissoziation und Psychose in den vergangenen 150 Jahren und gehen der Frage nach, ob das Konzept Schizophrenie seine Wurzeln in der fr�hen Dissoziationstheorie hat. Der empirische Teil widmet sich der Forschung �ber die ph�nomenologische Schnittmenge psychotischer und dissoziativer St�rungen. Die Wirksamkeit von psychotherapeutischen Ma�nahmen �berpr�ft schlie�lich der klinische Abschnitt. Weiteres Augenmerk legen die Verfasser hier auf die Frage, inwieweit psychotische Symptome aus einer dissoziativen Perspektive erkl�rt werden k�nnen. Der Band, der mit seinem speziellen Fokus wissenschaftliches Neuland betritt, schlie�t mit der Bestimmung des Verh�ltnisses von Dissoziation und Psychose und widmet sich der Frage, ob Letztere als Konzept inzwischen �berholt ist.

Genres: Psychology, Psychiatry

380 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 29, 2008

Reviews

[Dboyda]

Source - Amazon

"Editors Andrew Moskowitz, Ingo Schafer, and Martin J. Dorahy have amassed contributions from eminent scholars around the world who undertake a serious and thoughtful exploration of the backgrounds, development, and overlaps in the different perspectives of how the mind is disrupted by psychosis and dissociation ...Taken together, these papers demonstrate the complexity and depth of our understanding to date.

Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology is a rich resource to return to again and again. I recommend it for those who enjoy the challenge of reading some of the best thinkers to date. " (Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, October 2010) "This book is an excellent source book for historians, researchers and clinicians in the field of psychiatry interested in learning more about how the concepts of dissociation, trauma and psychosis inform one another." (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, January 2010)

"This very interesting book not only connects traumatic experiences with dissociative and psychotic consequences, but clarifies the research into the nature of these links." (Psychosis, July 2009) "This useful and interesting book is well written and lays out its arguments for the connections between trauma/dissociation/psychosis clearly and cogently."

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obviously for hard core psychiatry geeks only. An eye opening series of chapters exploring the parallels between dissociative disorders and psychotic disorders. Did you know that virtually all patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder also meet criteria for schizophrenia (DSM criteria), neither did I. Some chapters are a bit dry but I highly recommend this book to my psychiatric colleagues that have been puzzled by dissociative patients.

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just picked it up from the post office! Can't wait to get tucked into it!!