Recommended Books on Dissociation

Here are some books recommended by our followers on Twitter for people looking to understand more about the nature and treatment of Dissociative Disorders. Each person has worked with, or has lived experience of these conditions, and gives their reason behind the choice.

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CTAD Publications

Here are our latest articles which many people have been finding useful in their clinical work, or in negotiations with health providers for funding applications.
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Five participants with diagnoses of dissociative identity disorder offered to discuss their experiences, to provide new insights and understanding around their condition, which is often misinterpreted, misunderstood and mistreated.

Parry, S., Lloyd, M. & Simpson, J. (2018) “It’s not like you have PTSD with a touch of Dissociation”: Insights into Dissociative Identity Disorder through First Person accounts, European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, Vol. 2 (1), pp 31-38.

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This article demonstrates how treatment for dissociative identity disorder in NHS service actually reduces the use of service and associated costs by comparing before and after therapy.

Lloyd, M. (2016) Reducing the cost of dissociative identity disorder: Measuring the effectiveness of specialized treatment by frequency of contacts with mental health services, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 17 (3), pp 362-70

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Sarah Parry, from Manchester University, and Mike published this article, also in the Journal of Trauma and Dissociation. We looked at the experiences of people with dissociation on hospital wards.

Parry, S. L., Lloyd, M. & Simpson, J. (2017) Experiences of therapeutic relationships on hospital wards, dissociation, and making connections, Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 18:4, 544-558

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Can investing in therapy cost less than traditional case management for dissociative identity disorders, asks Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT clinical psychologist Dr Mike Lloyd.

Lloyd, M. (2011). How investing in therapeutic services provides a clinical cost saving in the long term.

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Co-authored by a person (the client) who has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and a clinical psychologist who treats this condition (the therapist, Mike). The client discusses their experience of growing up with DID before it was formally recognised, the difficulties that they experienced within NHS mental health systems and their progress during therapy. Mike then adds his perspective on the understanding and awareness of DID as well as the method and potential for successful treatment.

Lloyd, M. (2019) Living with dissociative identity disorder: a client’s and therapist’s perspective, Clinical Psychology Forum, 314 (Feb), pp 5-9

Training DVD's

CTAD works alongside First Person Plural, an expert-by-experience organisation for people with Dissociative Disorders. Together with ESTD and The Pottergate Centre, we produced two training DVDS. "A Logical Way of Being" and "No Two Paths the Same".
Resources

Living and working therapeutically with dissociative identity disorder.

No Two Paths The Same

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The reality of dissociative identity disorder and other complex dissociative conditions.

A Logical Way of Being

Additional Resources

If you would like to know more about dissociation, you can find information at the website of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD) by clicking the button below.

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