Finding Solid Ground: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Treatment

Assessment of Dissociation, Trauma-Related Disorders, and Dissociative Disorders

Finding Solid Ground: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Treatment July 1, 2022 Bethany L. Brand, Hugo J. Schielke, Francesca Schiavone et al.

The assessment of trauma-related disorders (TRD) and dissociative disorders (DD) is not widely taught. Accurate assessment of dissociative symptoms can be challenging without adequate training. Clinicians who have not been trained in assessing TRD may mistakenly attribute TRD and DD symptoms to psychosis, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, or malingering. As a result, TRD and DD...