In psychiatry, practitioners are often fixated on the DSM diagnostic classifications when working with patients – even as they often fail to consider trauma as an important precipitating and predisposing etiological…
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Hope for Psychiatry
One could get discouraged at the state of affairs in psychiatry for treating DID, but please don’t. While there are many negatives to consider, 15 years into my retirement as…
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Some Consequences of an Inappropriate Definition: Hysteria
The term“hysteria” has been used for centuries to belittle, subjugate, and control women. The word stems from the Greek hysteria, which means uterus. During the Victorian era, the term was…
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Anxiety
Anxiety Anxiety is an underlying symptom common to almost all psychiatric disorders. Dr Hazel Claire Weekes was an Australian research scientist and physician, considered by some as the pioneer of…
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More Thoughts on Alters – Part 5 of 5
There are several key points a therapist supporting an individual with DID needs to keep in mind. [1] As noted, a therapist must be aware of the dangers of showing…
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