[7] Metaphorical hand-holding helps the frightened child who keeps reliving the trauma, helping them to process it in small digestible doses. Treating PTSD involves metaphorically holding the hand of an…
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Treating DID – A Brief Summary of Key Points: Part 2
[3] Treat the trauma, not the drama. While the presentation of DID may appear to be melodramatic or overly complicated to the therapist, common sense dictates. There is no need…
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Treating DID – A Brief Summary of Key Points: Part 1
Treating DID My three small volumes of “Engaging Multiple Personalities” were written with the intention of introducing to the public to Dissociative Identity Disorder, the often forgotten and neglected mental…
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Considering the Use of Drugs in DID Treatment: Part 8 – A Sales Channel Is Not Therapy
[8] Drug companies use a particular sales technique known as “off-label” marketing to expand the sales potential market of their psychoactive medications. The technique of “off-label” marketing is selling the medication for a purpose that has not been approved by, in the US, the…
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Considering the Use of Drugs in DID Treatment: Part 7 – Go Slowly
[6] The best we can do is to humbly accept the limitations we have in striving for a more precise description of depression that may respond to medication. DSM 5…
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