ArticleDelaware journal of public health2022
Trauma-Related Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders:: Neglected Symptoms with Severe Public Health Consequences.
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- Increasing familial engagement in family violence services: a systematically conducted realist review of barriers and facilitators.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Co-occurrence of dissociation and anxiety and depressive disorders in adults: a scoping review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- Dissociation, Childhood Trauma, and Emotion Processing in Individuals with Elevated Psychosis-like Experiences: A Theoretical Framework of Cognitive Integration.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Dissociative experiences and self-reported interoceptive traits in maladaptive daydreamers: a network analysis.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
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- Exploring client and clinician experiences of cognitive behavioural therapy for depersonalisation-derealisation disorder (CBT-f-DDD).BMC psychiatry · 2026Article
- Dissociative Bipolar At-Risk Phenotype: Traumatic Burden and Subthreshold Affective Psychopathology in a Help-Seeking Youth Sample.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Emotion dysregulation and dissociation mediate the association between alexithymia and depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol use disorder.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
- Change in sexual distress during cognitive processing therapy: Characterization and baseline predictors.Journal of affective disorders · 2026Article
- Discrimination and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Among Black Transgender Women in the United States: The Moderating Effect of Sleep.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Dissociative experiences among Kenyan youth in the Nairobi metropolitan area: Associations with psychosis risk symptoms.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Article
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- Psychometric Properties of the Arabic Dissociative Symptoms Scale-Brief Across Five Arab Countries.Public health challenges · 2025Article
- Mapping change in self narrative after prolonged exposure therapy: An exploration in recovery from functional dissociative seizures.Epilepsy & behavior reports · 2025Article
- Regression to the Primitive Stage: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Hyperarousal, Dissociation, Emotion Dysregulation and Re-Experiencing-Towards Understanding Molecular Aspects of PTSD Symptoms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Rethinking chronic pain: a dissociative framework for psychodynamic practice.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Trauma-related dissociation is a major public health risk warranting the attention of the healthcare professions. Severe dissociative pathology or dissociative disorders (DDs) are more prevalent than some commonly assessed psychiatric disorders (e.g., Bipolar Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Schizophrenia), yet are often under-recognized and undertreated, despite being associated with significant disability and chronic medical issues, among many other severe and costly public health consequences. In fact, people living with DDs spend an average of 5 to 12.4 years actively engaged in treatment before receiving an accurate diagnosis. Detection and treatment of trauma-related dissociation and DDs leads to a myriad of positive outcomes including improved quality of life, treatment outcomes, reduction in health and social risks, decreased healthcare utilization and costs (25-64% reduction), and significant economic advantages for society. It is imperative that healthcare professionals are trained in recognizing, assessing, and treating dissociation in service of preventing the discussed public health consequences. This article provides a comprehensive review of the important public health implications resulting from often neglected or untreated trauma-related dissociation and DDs while offering a summary of assessment methods, treatments, and resources to empower individuals and healthcare professionals to effect change.
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