Global perspectives on dissociative disorders : individual and societal oppression / edited by Vedat , Warwick Middleton and Martin Dorahy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Stimulus Deprivation and Overstimulation as Dissociogenic Agents in Postmodern Oppressive Societies / Erdinc Ozturk -- 2. The Role of Abusive States of Being in Interrogation / Frank W. Putnam -- 3. Parent---Child Incest that Extends into Adulthood: A Survey of International Press Reports, 2007--2012 / Warwick Middleton -- 4. Ongoing Incestuous Abuse During Adulthood / Warwick Middleton -- 5. Dissociation and Symptoms of Culture-Bound Syndromes in North America: A Preliminary Study / Laura Ness -- 6. Ethnic Syndromes as Disguise for Protest Against Colonialism: Three Ethnographic Examples / Elizabeth Hegeman -- 7. Dissociation and Identity Transformation in Female Survivors of the Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda: A Qualitative Research Study / Carl F. Auerbach -- 8. Transference-Focused Psychotherapy with Former Child Soldiers: Meeting the Murderous Self / Pauline Van Zon.

Contents note continued: 9. Boundary Modifications in the Treatment of People with Dissociative Disorders: An International Perspective / Adah Sachs -- 10. Seeking Asylum---Trauma, Mental Health, and Human Rights: An Australian Perspective / Louise Newman -- 11. The Franklin Scandal: The Cover-Up of Child Abuse and its Analogues to Dissociative Identity Disorder / Nick Bryant.

Dissociative disorders are one of the psychiatric consequences of childhood psychological trauma. While oppression is an aspect of traumatic conditions, dissociation undermines resistance to oppression throughout a person's lifespan. Neither oppression nor dissociation are restricted to particular cultures, and both can affect the individual as well as societies. This collection engages with the universality of dissociative disorders and their close relationship to oppression. The chapters cover extreme examples such as ongoing incest in adulthood, children and adults forced to kill others, and abusive states in interrogation. Further subjects examined include the utilization of dissociation in postmodern societies to maintain oppression, the oppressive conditions of asylum seekers and the consequences of oppression as they are dealt with in psychotherapy. The final chapter considers how a paedophile pandering network employed multi-layered oppression to prevent the public becoming aware of the widespread and organised abuse of children.