Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond

Winner of ISSTD's 2009 Pierre Janet Writing Award for the best publication on dissociation in 2009!

Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders is a book that has no real predecessor in the dissociative disorders field. It reports the most recent scientific findings and conceptualizations about dissociation; defines and establishes the boundaries of current knowledge in the dissociative disorders field; identifies and carefully articulates the field’s current points of confusion, gaps in knowledge, and conjectures; clarifies the different aspects and implications of dissociation; and sets forth a research agenda for the next decade. In many respects, Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders both defines and redefines the field.

Paul F. Dell, Ph.D., is co-chair of ISSD’s DSM-V Task Force. He is a former Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences of Eastern Virginia Medical School and Director of the Trauma Recovery Center in Norfolk, VA.

John A. O’Neil, M.D., is a Fellow of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD). He is a member of the Canadian Psychoanalytic Society and of the International Psycho-Analytical Association, and is certified in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.