Forensic aspects of dissociative identity disorder / edited by Adah Sachs & Graeme Galton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sachs, Adah.

Galton, Graeme.

Series:

Forensic psychotherapy monograph series.

Forensic psychotherapy monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiple personality.

Forensic psychiatry.

Law--Psychological aspects.

Law.

Dissociative disorders.

Physical Description:

1 volume (291 pages); 23 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ground-breaking book examines the role of crime in the lives of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, a condition which appears to be caused by prolonged trauma in infancy and childhood. This trauma may be linked with crimes committed against them, crimes they have witnessed, and crimes they have committed under duress. This collection of essays by a range of distinguished international contributors explores the complex legal, ethical, moral, and clinical questions which face psychotherapists and other professionals working with peopl

Contents:

Cover; Copy Right; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Satanist ritual abuse and the problem of credibility; CHAPTER TWO: Unsolved: investigating allegations of ritual abuse; CHAPTER THREE: The Extreme Abuse Surveys: preliminary findings regarding dissociative identity disorder; CHAPTER FOUR: The protectors of the secrets; CHAPTER FIVE: Am I safe yet?; CHAPTER SIX: Dissociative identity disorder and criminal responsibility; CHAPTER SEVEN: When murder moves inside

CHAPTER EIGHT: When the imaginary becomes the real: reflections of a bemused psychoanalystCHAPTER NINE: Some clinical implications of believing or not believing the patient; CHAPTER TEN: Infanticidal attachment: the link between dissociative identity disorder and crime; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Letter from a general practitioner; CHAPTER TWELVE: Corroboration in the body tissues; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Opening Pandora's box; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: From social conditioning to mind control; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Mind control: simple to complex; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-204) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91383-4

9780429896943

0-429-47483-0

1-283-07070-7

9786613070708

1-84940-661-8

9780429474835

OCLC:

723944380