American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 53
- Number 3
- July 1999
Articles
Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages289–319Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is identified and studied with increasing frequency. However, the controversy that often surrounds DID can make it difficult to approach its treatment in a circumspect manner. This paper will provide an overview of DID ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.289Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages320–343The diagnostic validity of dissociative identity disorder (DID) continues to inspire controversy, with some commentators claiming that DID is a modern variant of “hysteria”; that is, attention-seeking behavior. The author asserts that DID is indeed a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.320Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages344–360The author contends that a psychoanalytically informed approach to the patient with dissociative identity disorder (DID) can be very useful. However, there are difficulties in conceptualizing this condition without extending existing theory or applying in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.344Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages361–376The ebb and flow of the diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and other dissociative conditions has led to the evolution of theories and treatment modalities to resolve the fluctuating and ephemerous symptoms of these conditions. This paper ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.361Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages392–402This paper suggests that traumatic memories are represented in a way that is qualitatively different from nontraumatic memories. The argument depends upon a concept of self, derived from Hugh lings Jackson and William James, which is double, involving not ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.392Case Report
Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages377–391A case study is presented of a 40-year-old man with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). He had been treated with long-term institutional placement, electroconvulsive therapy, exhaustive pharmacotherapy, and psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.377Publication date: 01 July 1999
Pages403–412This paper argues that Poe’s short story “Ligeia,” in which the narrator experiences the death of his adored first wife (Ligeia), a second marriage to the despised Rowena, and ultimately the death ofRowena and the revivification of Ligeia, is not a ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.3.403Book Review
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