Handbook for the assessment of dissociation
Subtitle: a clinical guide
By: by Marlene Steinberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 433
Subjects: Dissociative disorders -- Diagnosis.; Dissociative Disorders -- diagnosis.
Description: Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation: A Clinical Guide is the first book to offer guidelines for the systematic assessment of dissociation and posttraumatic syndromes.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of dissociative symptoms and disorders, as well as an introduction to the use of the SCID-D, a diagnostic interview for the dissociative disorders; includes chapters on differential diagnosis, a discussion of the relationship between dissociation and trauma, and a sample patient interview; and serves the needs of novices in the field as well as experienced clinicians and researchers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-423) and index.