Contextual treatment of dissociative identity disorder: Three case studies

Journal of Trauma and Dissociation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5-36

  Gold, Steven N ^a   Elhai, Jon D ^b   Rea, Bayard D ^c   Weiss, Donna ^d   Masino, Theodore ^e   Morris, Staci Leon ^f   McIninch, Jessica ^g  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^e WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Child abuse; Contextual therapy; Dissociation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013065657     PISSN: 15299732     EISSN: 15299740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J229v02n04_02     Document Type: Article

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