Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and TreatmentEric Vermetten, Martin J. Dorahy, David Spiegel Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment offers an advanced introduction to this symptom, process, and pattern of personality organization seen in several trauma-related disorders, including acute stress disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and the dissociative disorders. Our understanding of traumatic dissociation has recently been advanced by neuroimaging technology, empirically-based investigation, and an acknowledgment of its importance in psychopathology. The authors of this volume tie these findings together, tracking the condition from its earliest historical conceptualization to its most recent neurobiological understanding to provide even greater insight into traumatic dissociation and its treatment. Bringing together for the first time theoretical, cognitive, and neurobiological perspectives on traumatic dissociation, this volume is designed to provide both empirical and therapeutic insights by drawing on the work of many of the main contributors to the field. Opening chapters examine historical, conceptual, and theoretical issues and how other fields, such as cognitive psychology, have been applied to the study of traumatic dissociation. The following section focuses specifically on how neurobiological investigations have deepened our understanding of dissociation and concluding chapters explore issues pertinent to the assessment and treatment of traumatic dissociation. The interacting effects of traumatic experience, developmental history, neurobiological function, and specific vulnerabilities to dissociative processes that underlie the occurrence of traumatic dissociation are among some of the key issues covered. The book's significant contributions include A review of cognitive experimental findings on attention and memory functioning in dissociative identity disorder An appreciation of how the literature on hypnosis provides a greater understanding of perceptual processing and traumatic stress Ascertaining symptoms of dissociation in a military setting and in other situations of extreme stress An outline of key issues for planning assessment of traumatic dissociation, including a critique of its primary empirically supported standardized measures An examination of the association between child abuse or neglect and the development of eating disorders, suggesting ways to therapeutically deal with negative body experience to reduce events that trigger dissociation A description of neuroendocrine alterations associated with stress, pointing toward a better understanding of the developmental effects of deprivation and trauma on PTSD and dissociation A review of the relation of attachment and dissociation A discussion of new research findings in the neuroimaging of dissociation and a link between cerebellar functioning and specific peritraumatic experiences Useful as a clinical reference or as ancillary textbook, Traumatic Dissociation reorganizes phenomenological observations that have been overlooked, misunderstood, or neglected in traditional training. The research and clinical experience described here will provide the basis for further clinical and theoretical formulations of traumatic dissociation and will advance empirical examination and treatment of the phenomenon. |
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... ment . The interesting possibility of different hypothalamic - pituitary- adrenal ( HPA ) axis patterns in PTSD versus chronic dissociation is also explored through the review of primate studies of maternal depriva- tion , which support ...
... ment and provide an overview of the findings from genetic studies . In examining the link between trauma , disorganized attachment , and dis- sociative disorders , they point out that the available evidence indicates that the link ...
... ment of traumatic dissociation . After describing dominant therapeutic models and techniques used in the treatment of traumatic dissociative symptoms and the psychiatric conditions in which they are most evi- dent , Chu explores the ...
... ment emotions such as terror or anger in the face of overwhelming events , could better be called psychic trauma ( van der Hart and Brown 1993 ) . The concept of dissociation has an even longer history , with Moreau de Tours ( 1845 ) ...
... ment forces . In ignoring dissociative structure and emphasizing the as- sociation between trauma and dissociative phenomena , he presented an example of a healthy 17 - year - old girl who witnessed the decapitation of her mother when a ...
Contents
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Memory and Attentional Processes in Dissociative | 55 |
Relationships Between Dissociation | 62 |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder | 77 |
Translational Research Issues in Dissociation | 121 |
Time Perception | 181 |
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Provocation | 191 |
Psychobiology of Traumatization | 219 |
Psychological Assessment of Posttraumatic Dissociation | 259 |
Applications of Innate Affect Theory to the Understanding | 301 |
Treatment of Traumatic Dissociation | 333 |
Afterword | 353 |
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