Conditions · Trauma
Dissociative disorders — the ISSTD public overview
What dissociation is, what it isn't, and how clinicians who specialize in it think about treatment.
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation10 min read
ISSTD is the international professional body for trauma-and-dissociation specialists, and its public FAQ is the most credible general-audience resource on dissociative disorders. It addresses DID, depersonalization/derealization, and dissociative amnesia.
Honest about the disputes inside the field while clear that dissociative disorders are well-documented trauma-spectrum conditions, not the sensationalized fiction they are often reduced to.
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