Objective: Imprecise conceptualizations of dissociation hinder understanding of traumarelated
dissociation. An heuristic resolution for research and clinical practice is proposed. Method…

Many traumatized individuals alternate between re-experiencing their trauma and being
detached from, or even relatively unaware of the trauma and its effects. At first sight one may be …

Objective: This review tests Ribot's classic twofold categorization of generalized amnesia (GA)
into Type I, total loss of episodic memory, and Type II, additional more or less extensive …

The theory of structural dissociation of the personality proposes that patients with complex
trauma-related disorders are characterized by a division of their personality into different …

The massive traumatization of World War I combat soldiers led to an unprecedented incidence
of somatoform dissociative disorders and symptoms, usually diagnosed as hysterical …

Dependency is a major and ubiquitous issue in the treatment of chronically traumatized
patients, such as those with complex posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma-related …

Discusses the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of dissociation followed by an examination
of the goals and principles of treatment. Specific attention is placed on the treatment of …

Toen in 1988 het wereldhypnosecongres in Den Haag werd gehouden, hoorde ik daar voor
het eerst iemand spreken over de multiple persoonlijkheidsstoornis als verklaring voor …

The concept of psychological trauma seems to have been introduced in the literature in
1878. The German neurologist Albert Eulenburg (1878) stated that" psychic shock," the then-…

Psychoanalysis, published almost half a century after Ellenberger’s volume, is a testimony
to how Janet’s legacy can transform present-day understanding and clinical practice. The …