PARIS — The 2023 Encéphale Congress devoted a session to dissociative identity disorder (DID). It's a fascinating condition that has been depicted in countless movies and TV shows. And while it may be ...

My ideal client is someone who feels like they’ve been carrying a heavy emotional load—often in silence. They may be a professional who functions well on the outside but struggles internally with ...

When experiences like long-term abuse or neglect prove too traumatic to bear, some people cope with their distress by involuntarily escaping reality, or dissociating. Dissociation is a mental process ...

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek argues in a position paper just published ...

I specialize in working with survivors of trauma, abuse and neglect and in the treatment of dissociative disorders including Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder (DPDR). My approach to working ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Less than one percent of the mental health population has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID). Dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple ...

Owning a smartphone before age 13 is associated with poorer mental health and well-being in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people. Out-of-body ...

Trauma-related dissociation consists of several subtypes, with unique brain signatures depending on type of dissociative disorders, new research suggests. Results from a neuroimaging study showed that ...

Jocelyn Solis-Moreira is a New York-based science journalist whose work has appeared in Health, Live Science, and Discover Magazine, among other publications. She holds a master's degree in psychology ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Dissociative identity disorder, formerly called "multiple personality disorder," is an extremely ...

Nearly one in eight people in the world lives with a mental disorder, and one person dies by suicide every 43 seconds.