Since the publication of Colin A. Ross's influential work MultiplePersonality Disorder in 1989, this challenging field has evolvedrapidly--with new thinking, new research, and a new name:dissociative identity disorder (DID). Keeping pace with thesedevelopments, this retitled Second Edition has been skillfullyrevised and expanded to offer a comprehensive, detailed, and fullyup-to-date grounding in the history, diagnosis, and treatment ofDID. Readers will find three new chapters covering epidemiology, a soundcritique of skeptics of DID, and the problem of attachment to theperpetrator and the locus of control shift. There is also a freshlook at the pathways leading to DID, a discussion of the falsememory controversy, and more, with material throughout based on thelatest research and the author's extensive clinical and forensicexperience. By providing an in-depth examination of this complex illness,Dissociative Identity Disorder not only facilitates a deeperunderstanding of people who have used dissociation to cope withyears of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, but alsoreveals new insights into many other psychiatric disorders in whichdissociation plays a role. Like Multiple Personality Disorder, thisupdated volume is an authoritative and indispensable reference forpsychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, socialworkers and other mental health professionals, as well asresearchers in these fields. "Ross provides a comprehensive and interesting account of thehistory of MPD, dispelling many myths. He presents new insight intothe treatment of MPD, with information about such concerns as howto talk to a patient, how to schedule your time, and how to keepyour private and [professional] lives separate. . . . MultiplePersonality Disorder will be an invaluable addition to thereference libraries of sexual abuse clinics, child abuse agencies,and correctional facilities, as well as clinicians." --FamilyViolence Bulletin

Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features, and Treatment of Multiple Personality (Wiley Series in General and Clinical Psychiatry)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Colin A. Ross

Mental Health

wiley

In The Trauma Model, Dr. Ross provides a detailed, scientifically testable model of mental illness. He defines the problem of comorbidity as the central conceptual problem in psychiatry at the beginning of the twenty-first century, then solves it using the logic and predictions of the trauma model. A person with extensive comorbidity suffers from many different psychiatric disorders at the same time including depression, substance abuse, anxiety and eating disorders, psychotic symptoms and personality disorders. Most individuals requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment fit the clinical profile of the trauma model. 
Dr. Ross also provides a detailed description of trauma therapy, which is suitable for a wide range of addictions, self-destructive behaviors and symptoms. General principles and specific techniques are described and illustrated with dialogue from composite case examples.

The Trauma Model : A Solution to the Problem of Comorbidity in Psychiatry

Manitou Communications, Inc.

WINNER - in the category of Psychology at the 2009 Next Generation INDIE Book Awards! The Great Psychiatry Scam provides a detailed criticism of the profession of psychiatry, told from an autobiographical perspective. The critique expands on the analysis published in his book with Alvin Pam, Pseudoscience in Biological Psychiatry. Serious errors in logic, scholarship and standards of thought in psychiatry are exposed by Dr. Ross through humor, satire, autobiographical sketches and analysis. The field of psychiatry is not a branch of medicine in its current form. There is a posture of science, but the real substance of science is absent. Instead, psychiatry is dominated by folklore, anecdote and superstition. Fixing psychiatry requires two initial steps: acknowledging the state of the field, and devoting serious money and resources to mental health. Dr. Ross exposes the forlorn state of the field and proposes a solution, which can be found in his book, The Trauma Model.

The Great Psychiatry Scam: One Shrink's Personal Journey

M.D.

Manitou Communications

The C.I.A. Doctors, (Manitou Communications, 2006), uncovers the truth about violations of human rights by American Psychiatrists in the twentieth century. Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and cross-referenced research published in leading medical journals expose the existence of mind altering experiments on unwitting human subjects, paid for by the U.S. government, the U.S. Military and the C.I.A. These experiments which inlcude LSD experiments, sensory deprivation, electroconvulsive treatment, brain electrode implants, radiation experiments and prostitution rings were perpetrated not by a few renegage doctors but by leading psychiatrists, psychologists, neurosurgeons, universities, medical schools and maximum security prisons on American soil. Dr. Ross takes you on a mind-blowing fact finding adventure into the secret world of espionage and Manchurian Candidates. Given our situations in Guantanamo and Abu Graib the only question left unanswered is what are the U.S. Government, psychiatrists and medical schools doing today? The C.I.A. Doctors was originally published as BLUEBIRD: Deliberate Creation of Multiple Personality by Psychiatrists in 2000.

The CIA Doctors: Human Rights Violations by American Psychiatrists

History

Military

The Trauma Model is the outcome of twenty-one years of work in medicine and psychiatry. Dr. Ross defines the problem of comorbidity as the central conceptual problem in psychiatry, then solves it using the logic and predictions of the Trauma Model. A person with extensive comorbidity suffers from many different psychiatric disorders at the same time. Most individuals requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment fit the profile of the Trauma Model. Dr. Ross also presents a detailed description of Trauma Model therapy, which is suitable for a wide range of addictions, self-destructive behaviors and symptoms. General principles and specific techniques are described and illustrated with dialogue from composite case examples.

The Trauma Model

In the Rape of Eve: The True Story Behind the Three Faces of Eve, Dr. Ross provides a documented account of the exploitation of Chris Sizemore, the real Eve, by her psychiatrist, Dr. Corbett Thigpen. In 1953, Dr. Thigpen had Chris Sizemore sign over her lifetime story rights to him and his colleague, Dr. Hervey Cleckley: the two doctors paid her $3.00 for these rights - one dollar for each of her three personalities. This was all the money she received for the best selling book The Three Faces of Eve, written by Drs. Thigpen and Cleckley. The control, exploitation and abuse of Chris Sizemore by the author of her biography lasted from the early 1950's into the 1990's and ended only with Dr. Thigpens's death. The Rape of Eve is based on extensive background research and documents gathered by Dr. Ross, Chris Costner Sizemore and Jerry Naylor as they worked together on the book.

The Rape of Eve: The True Story Behind The Three Faces of Eve

FINALIST WINNER for Women's Issues from the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Moon Shadows contains stories of recovery from childhood abuse, neglect, family violence and psychological trauma. Each contributor tells her story and writes about what they consider to be the most important keys to their recovery. Moon Shadows will inspire and motivate the reader and leave them with a sense of hope, that full recovery is possible.

Moon Shadows: Stories of Trauma & Recovery

Dr. Ross lived in the Canadian Arctic from 1970-1975, and again in the summers of 1976 and 1977. He spent three winters there without running water in his home, and one without electricity. During these years, he spent countless hours in the bush, hunting, hiking and studying the energy fields of the wilderness. He also observed and participated in the industrial and political life of the North, and read widely in anthropology. In Portrait of Norman Wells, Dr. Ross provides seven descriptions of the small industrial town of Norman Wells, each told by a different character. Together, the chapters provide a composite picture of life in the Canadian Arctic in the early 1970's.

Portrait of Norman Wells

Diary Of An Intern and other short stories

Alternative Medicine

Dr. Ross lived in the Canadian Artic from 1970-1975, and again the summers of 1976 and 1977. He spent three winters there without running water in his home, and one without electricity. During these years, he spent countless hours in the bush, hunting, hiking and studying the energy fields of the wilderness. He also observed and participated in the industrial and political life of the North, and read widely in anthropology. The essays in Northern Canada are from this period and reflect these different interests.

Northern Canada: Collected Essays Volume I

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