1st Edition

Shattered but Unbroken Voices of Triumph and Testimony

Edited By Valerie Sinason, Amelia Van der Merwe Copyright 2016
310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

310 Pages
by Routledge

Shattered but Unbroken is an edited volume focusing on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), which combines the narratives of survivors of ritual abuse with academic contributions on the causes, correlates and interventions applicable to DID. The book is divided into two distinct parts. Part 1 begins with the missing memoir of Anna, a survivor of ritual abuse. Anna chose not to publish her... Read more
Prologue , Introduction , Voices , Remarks on the publication of detailed case studies , Commentary on life writing from survivors , Testimonies , Introduction to Part II , History of trauma-related dissociation, with a focus on dissociative identity disorder , Cross-temporal and cross-cultural perspectives on dissociative disorders of identity , Dissociating dissociation*—debates and controversies , Variations in identity alteration—a qualitative study of experiences of psychiatric patients with dissociative identity disorder , Dissociative identity disorder, culture, and memory , The psychiatric comorbidity of dissociative identity disorder: an integrated look , Dissociative identity disorder and its saturation with shame , What's different about ritual abuse and mind control , Reflections on the treatment of dissociative identity disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified—a closer look at selected issues , Epilogue

Biography

Valerie Sinason