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The Correlation Between Stress And The Development Of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Aviva Soibelman
The Correlation Between Stress And The Development Of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Aviva Soibelman
The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences
Stress is a huge part of life. Our body responds to stress in different ways and most of the times the body overcomes the stress. There are a few incidents when the body is not capable of dealing with the stress and the toll it takes on the brain is undeniable. One result of intolerable stress is Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) in which biopsychology comes to life, as we see how the body is affected by psychology, and vice versa. The mediators that help the body adapt to stressors become detrimental when a person faces trauma or chronic stress. Glucocorticoids, …
How Clinicians Feel About Working With Spouses Of The Chronically Ill, Douglas Ingram
How Clinicians Feel About Working With Spouses Of The Chronically Ill, Douglas Ingram
NYMC Faculty Publications
Clinicians who provide psychotherapy to spouses or partners of the chronically ill were solicited through listserves of psychodynamic and other organizations. The current report excluded those therapists working with spouses of dementia patients. Interviews were conducted with clinicians who responded. The interviews highlight the challenges commonly encountered by psychotherapeutic work with this cohort of therapy patients. A comparison is drawn that shows both overlap and distinctions between the experiences of those therapists engaging with spouses of chronically ill patients without a dementing process and those working with spouses of chronically ill patients who do suffer from a dementing process.