1st Edition

Forensic Aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Edited By Graeme Galton, Adah Sachs Copyright 2008
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This ground-breaking book examines the role of crime in the lives of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder, a condition which appears to be caused by prolonged trauma in infancy and childhood. This trauma may be linked with crimes committed against them, crimes they have witnessed, and crimes they have committed under duress. This collection of... Read more
Series Foreword , Introduction , Satanist ritual abuse and the problem of credibility , Unsolved: investigating allegations of ritual abuse , The Extreme Abuse Surveys: preliminary findings regarding dissociative identity disorder , The protectors of the secrets , Am I safe yet? , Dissociative identity disorder and criminal responsibility , When murder moves inside , When the imaginary becomes the real: reflections of a bemused psychoanalyst , Some clinical implications of believing or not believing the patient , Infanticidal attachment: the link between dissociative identity disorder and crime , Letter from a general practitioner , Corroboration in the body tissues , Opening Pandora's box , From social conditioning to mind control , Mind control: simple to complex

Biography

Graeme Galton