This book is published by the Sidran Foundation, a national nonprofit organization devoted to advocacy, education, and research in support of people with traumatic stress conditions. To learn more about the Sidran Foundation and our work, please visit our website at http://www.sidran.org. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I. Diagnosis Diagnostic Taxonomy: Past to Future / Gary Peterson, M.D. Complexities of Psychiatric Differential Diagnosis in Children with Dissociative Symptoms and Disorders / Nancy L. Hornstein, M.D. Interviewing Strategies for Assessing Dissociative Disorders in Children and Adolescents / Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D. Childhood DID: The Male Population / Jean Goodwin, M.D. Psychological Testing with Dissociative Children and Adolescents / Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D.
Part II. Treatment Factors Associated with Positive Therapeutic Outcome / Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D. & Frances S. Waters, M.S.W. The Five-Domain Crisis Model: Therapeutic Tasks and Techniques for Dissociative Children / Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D. Therapeutic Phases in the Treatment of Dissociative Children / Frances S. Waters, M.S.W., & Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D. Promoting Integration in Dissociative Children / Frances S. Waters, M.S.W., & Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D. Art as an Adjunctive Therapy in the Treatment of Children Who Dissociate / Barbara Sobol, M.A., A.T.R. & Karen Schneider, M.A. Supportive Group Therapy for Adolescents with Dissociative Disorder / Bethany Brand, Ph.D. Psychopharmacological Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Dissociative Disorders / Elaine Nemzer, M.D.
Part III. Management Parents as Partners in the Treatment of Dissociative Children / Frances S. Waters, M.S.W. The Pediatric Management of the Dissociative Child David Graham, M.D. / School Interventions for Dissociative Children Marcia Waterbury, M.D.
Afterword / Joyanna L. Silberg, Ph.D.
This book provides an excellent overview of the subject plus helpful suggestions for practicing clinicians who may work with these children. -- Frederick H. Berenstein, MA, Readings, June 1997
This book takes multiple personality and dissociative phenomena from the realm of myth and fantasy into the objective light of clinical observation and scientific study. . . . This book brings together clinical findings, diagnostic problems, and therapeutic techniques in evaluating and treating such children. It is capably edited by Joyanna Silberg, herself an author or coauthor of six of the 15 chapters and senior psychologist at the Sheppard Pratt Health System. She has assembled a galaxy of clinicians concerned and experienced with children and adolescents who are plagued with dissociative symptoms. . . . The chapters fit together into a coherent whole; they offer the knowledge of experts and are tightly and clearly written. This is a book that sets the reader thinking about the capacity of the human organism to deal with stress and the many ways we can do so. It is destined to become a classic. -- Psychiatric Services, September 1998
This one-of-a-kind text contains a wealth of theoretical and practical information pertinent to the concept of dissociation. Emphasis on the team approach to treatment of clients is reflected in the broad educational and clinical preparation of the writers. Extensive references at the end of each chapter will facilitate supplemental study for the enhancement of professional growth in this relatively new yet vital mental health specialty. The appendices contain several assessment instruments, as well as a brief list of additional resources. . . . the quality of the contents will attract and absorb the interest of students and practitioners dedicated to providing the very best of care to children and adolescents with dissociative disorders. -- Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin, vol. 13, no. 1-2, 1997