From amnesia, intrusive memories, and depersonalization, to auditory hallucinations, trance-like
states, and disturbances in identity, the symptoms of pathological dissociation are …

This is a report on the research design and findings of a 23-year longitudinal study of the
impact of intrafamilial sexual abuse on female development. The conceptual framework …

Seasoned mental health practitioners unfamiliar with dissociative disorders have long
lacked a basic yet authoritative text to turn to for guidance. Now Diagnosis and Treatment of …

OBJECTIVE: To provide clinicians with current information on prevalence, risk factors,
outcomes, treatment, and prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). To examine the best-…

The article reviews the current status (1993–2007) of psychosocial treatments for children
and adolescents who have been exposed to traumatic events. Twenty-one treatment studies …

This study describes the initial reliability and validity data on the Adolescent Dissociative
Experiences Scale (A-DES), a screening measure for pathological dissociation during …

Pierre Janet's numerous important contributions to the understanding of dissociative disorders
grew out of his background in philosophy, psychology, and medicine. A religious and …

… adulthood (Putnam, 199 1). Gender does not appear to influence dissociative capacity (Putnam, …
in the frequency of dissociative experiences in adults (Putnam, 199 1). Early childhood …

Dissociation is a lack of the normal integration of thoughts, feelings, and experiences into
the stream of consciousness and memory. Dissociation occurs to some degree in normal …

Reviews studies that relate to the norms, reliability, and validity of the Dissociative Experiences
Scale (DES). Appropriate clinical and research use of the scale are discussed together …