Systematic review assesses phase-oriented treatment effectiveness for dissociative disorders, suggesting implications for mental health practice.
Background: Dissociative disorders (DDs) are a group of mental health conditions characterised by disconnection from thoughts, feelings, memories, or sense of identity. It is believed that DDs, particularly dissociative identity disorder (DID) result from severe and chronic childhood trauma. Guidance from the International Society for the Study of Trauma & Dissociation (ISSTD) recommends trauma-informed phase-oriented treatment (PoT) to treat DDs. To date, there has been no systematic evaluation of treatment effectiveness of PoT in DDs.
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