Guidelines for treating dissociative identity disorder in adults (2005).

At its meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in May 1994, the Executive Council of International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD) adopted the Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) in Adults (1994). The Guidelines presented a broad outline of what to date was considered to be effective treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). However, Guidelines like these are never finished and require ongoing revisions. A first revision of the Guidelines was proposed by the ISSD’s Standards of Practice Committee1 and was adopted by the ISSD Executive Council in 1997 after substantial comment from the ISSD membership and several revisions. This current revision was requested and approved by the