Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
November 21, 2025
John A O'Neil
14 citations
This paper examines the relationship between psychoanalysis and trauma, focusing specifically on dissociation-and, more narrowly, on dissociative multiplicity, the most challenging form for psychoanalysis to address. Dissociative multiplicity involves the presence of more than one center of consciousness, more than one "I," a feature of multiple personality, now called Dissociative Identity...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2025
Ivano Caselli, Marta Ielmini, Giulia Gastaldello et al.
2 citations
Pathological dissociation is characterized by disruptions in consciousness, memory, identity, perception, and affect, often linked to trauma and observed across various psychiatric conditions. Previous reviews do not fully cover key biological correlates used as biomarkers and do not clearly define the trauma-dissociation link. Therefore, this systematic review gives an overview of the studies...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
September 27, 2024
Philipp Wülfing, Carsten Spitzer
The transdiagnostic construct of dissociation, characterized by a disintegration of specific psychological functions such as consciousness, memory, identity, perception, body representation, and behavior, remains elusive to a unified conceptualization. Specifically, its dimensionality is a matter of ongoing controversy. Empirical approaches applying factor analyses to the Dissociative...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2022
Paul Frewen, Bethany L Brand, Hugo J Schielke et al.
The 4-dimensional (4-D) model of trauma-related dissociation differentiates between dissociative experiences involving trauma-related altered states of consciousness and symptoms of distress that do not appear to involve alterations in normal waking consciousness across four phenomenological dimensions (i.e., our experience of time, thought, body, and emotions). The current study evaluated...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2017
Colin A. Ross
3 citations
Individuals in treatment for dissociative identity disorder not uncommonly describe childhood involvement in organized, multi-perpetrator ritual abuse. They described being "programmed" by the perpetrators and feel that the programming is out of their control. The author has developed a set of treatment strategies and interventions for such cases. These are based on the principle of therapeutic...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2014
Yochai Ataria
19 citations
Fundamental aspects of trauma--among them dissociation during trauma, which is considered one of the strongest predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder-are not fully understood. This article argues that the application of the phenomenological structure of time and the phenomenological description of the self (minimal self, sense of ownership, sense of agency, sense of self) to dissociation...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2013
Elizabeth Hegeman
10 citations
Historical connections are suggested between the domination of 1 culture by another and dissociative spiritual and religious responses to that oppression. Connections are drawn between colonial oppression, trauma, and 3 examples of dissociation and spirit possession: the Zar cult of Southern Sudan, "Puerto Rican syndrome" or ataque, and the Balinese trance dance. Discussed by means of these...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2007
Theresa K Albini
The Waves, written in 1931 by Virginia Woolf, is an astounding depiction of an internal landscape richly full of dissociative phenomena. Although applauded for its genius and considered by many to be her highest literary achievement, critics complained that the language of the characters seemed artificial and a departure from the usual interior monologue appearing in other works that utilized...
Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
2006
Joanne L. Davis, David C Wright
Trauma victims frequently report sleep disturbances, including nightmares, following traumatic events. Research indicates that nightmares are associated with the level and severity of other indices of distress. The recognition of the prominence of trauma-related nightmares, in prevalence and impact, has in part heightened efforts to develop and assess techniques to alleviate these difficulties....