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McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School Announce Inaugural Conference on Dissociative Identity Disorder

McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School Continuing Education announced that they are cohosting Stronger Together: Dissociative Identity Disorder Past, Present, and Future, an international conference on a complex but highly treatable psychiatric condition that is commonly misunderstood and often...

Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder

Once referred to as multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a serious mental health condition. DID is associated with long-term exposure to trauma, often chronic traumatic experiences during early childhood. It is often misunderstood and portrayed incorrectly in...

Joining Forces To Provide a Full Continuum of Trauma-Focused Care

McLean Hospital has a strong reputation as being one of the premier locations in the United States for trauma-related patient care and research. With exposure to traumatic events occurring worldwide, we continue to adapt to meet the needs of the communities we serve. To address this, McLean’s Hill...

Severity of Dissociative Experiences Similar in Adolescents and Adults With BPD

It is well established that dissociative experiences are commonly reported by adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and differentiate them from adults with other psychiatric disorders. In contrast, dissociation in adolescents with BPD has not been well studied. Researchers at McLean...

Video: Effectively Managing and Treating Trauma Disorders, Including PTSD

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex and frequently misunderstood condition: while often associated with the horrors of war, anyone who has witnessed or experienced traumatic, life-threatening, or life-changing events can find themselves struggling with the psychological impacts of...

Video: Understanding Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders

When it comes to recognizing and addressing trauma and trauma-related disorders, it’s important to separate fact from fiction. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for example, is often associated exclusively with the horrors of war, but it’s a myth that only veterans of combat develop the...

The Secret and Life-Changing Impact of Early Childhood Abuse: Dissociative Identity Disorder

The book “Sybil” and the subsequent 1976 movie—in which Sally Field portrayed a girl with more than a dozen different personalities—were the result of a collaboration between psychiatrist Cornelia Wilbur and author Flora Rheta Schreiber. The goal was to have people better understand a child abuse...

In the Media: Everybody’s Talkin’ About Dissociation. But What Is It, Exactly?

The research of Dr. Milissa Kaufman is noted in an article about dissociation.

Video: Reducing the Impact of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is often misunderstood and can be easily missed—or misdiagnosed—by experts. While many of us have come to believe that folks with DID jump between personas and personalities, a very small portion of those with the condition actually exhibit this behavior. The...

In the Media: Brain Activity May Help Unravel Why Some People Feel Disconnected From Themselves

Dr. Lauren A. M. Lebois discusses her work examining how brain activity may demonstrate how dissociation affects brain networks.

In the Media: Imaging IDs Brain Activity Related to Dissociative Symptoms

Dr. Lauren A. M. Lebois and other McLean researchers identify regions within brain networks that communicate with each other when people experience dissociative symptoms.

Investigators Shed New Light on Brain Activity Related to Dissociative Symptoms

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms—such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb—that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the symptoms persist for a long period of time. In a new study recently published in...

In the Media: Persistent Dissociation and Its Neural Correlates in Predicting Outcomes After Trauma Exposure

Listen to Dr. Lauren A. M. Lebois discusses persistent dissociation following trauma exposure and whether it can forecast later psychiatric issues.

In the Media: Dissociative Identity Disorder and Depression – What’s the Link?

Dr. Stephanie A. Rickey gives insights into what it’s like to live with both dissociative identity disorder and depression.

Feelings of Detachment Predict Worse Mental Health Outcomes After Trauma

Results from the largest prospective study of its kind indicate that for individuals who experience trauma, the presence of dissociation—a profound feeling of detachment from one’s sense of self or surroundings—may indicate a high risk of later developing severe post-traumatic stress, depression...

In the Media: Meet My Multiple Mes – People With Dissociative Identity Disorder Have Started Presenting Their Selves on YouTube to Rapturous Fans

Dr. Amy Dierberger and other experts stress the importance of proper dissociative identity disorder (DID) diagnosis and treatment.

ISSTD Honors McLean Researchers and Colleagues With the Pierre Janet Award

A team of research collaborators at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital/Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging received the Pierre Janet Award from the International Society of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD). This award is given to honor the best clinical...

Sherry R. Winternitz, MD, Receives the 2021 Cornelia B. Wilber Award

Sherry R. Winternitz, MD, has received the 2021 Cornelia B. Wilbur Award from the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation in honor of her outstanding clinical contributions to the treatment of dissociative disorders. Story Highlights Winternitz has served as clinical director...

Video: Lecture – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators 2021

Honoring Nathaniel G. Harnett, PhD, and Lauren A.M. Lebois, PhD, McLean Hospital – The Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators Each year, McLean Hospital recognizes young researchers with the Alfred Pope Award for Early Career Investigators. The honor is named for one of the hospital’s most...

In the Media: Between-Network Brain Architecture Indicative of Trauma-Related Dissociative Symptoms

Drs. Lauren A. M. Lebois, Milissa Kaufman, et al, find that brain imaging analyses can uncover changes in functional connections between brain regions linked to dissociative symptoms following trauma.

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