Full Description
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 essays by a range of distinguished international contributors explores the complex legal, ethical, moral, and clinical questions which face psychotherapists and other professionals working with people suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder. Contributors to this book are drawn from a wide range of professions including psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, counselling, psychology, medicine, law, police, and social work.
Contents
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
