Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment

Author: Eric VermettenPublisher: American Psychiatric PublishingPaperback:ISBN 10: 158562196XISBN 13: 978-1585621965Traumatic 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, and the dissociative disorders. The authors track the condition from its earliest historical conceptualization to its most recent neurobiological understanding to show that greater insight into traumatic dissociation can be obtained from clinical progress in treatment models and strategies. Useful as a clinical reference or as ancillary textbook, this work reorganizes phenomenological observations that have been previously been overlooked, misunderstood, or neglected in traditional training. Bringing together for the first time theoretical, cognitive, and neurobiological perspectives on traumatic dissociation, this volum