Dissociative Disorders Curriculum

Dissociative and Somatoform Disorders

Neurobiology of dissociative disorders

Recent advances in neurosciences urge us to reconsider the existing links between organic causes and clinical findings of dissociative disorders. The clinical heterogeneity of these disorders is well known. Furthermore, the present neurobiological data are specific to only some dissociative disorders, which question the usefulness of an integrative approach for these data. Several studies sugge...

Neuroimaging and Dissociative Disorders

Although they were for a while “dissociated” (Spiegel, 2006) from the clinical and scientific arena, dissociative disorders have in the last several years received a renewed interest among several groups of researchers, who embarked on the work of identifying and describing their underlying neural correlates. Dissociative disorders are characterized by transient or chronic failures or disruptio...

Underwriting considerations for dissociative disorders.

OBJECTIVE Dissociative identity disorder (DID) has been diagnosed more frequently and is under greater scrutiny. Because of the number of comorbid conditions, the underwriting risks must be evaluated to determine morbidity and mortality implications. BACKGROUND The number of diagnosed cases of DID has increased in recent years. The diagnosis often coexists with other diagnoses such as bipolar...

The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule.

Colin A. Ross. 1\'1.0., FRCPC, is Assuciate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry ill the Uni\'ersi,)' of ;"1aniloba. Sllal'on Heber. M.D.. is a Psychiauic Intern at ~JcCill Uni\·crsit)'. G. Ron Norton. Ph.D., is Professor and Chairman of the 0<..... panmenlofPsychology<lll.he UniYersilrof\\innipcg. Donna Andcrsoll.l\tD., FRCPC, isAssislam Professor in the Dcparlment of Psychial'1' al the U...