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Multiple perspectives on multiple selves
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Multiple perspectives on multiple selves
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investigating clinicians' knowledge, beliefs, and experiences related to dissociative identity disorder
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Blewis
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Jenna N.
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1989-
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Jenna N. Blewis
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Monica
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Monica Indart
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chair
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Riggs Skean
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Karen Riggs Skean
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
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Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complex, posttraumatic developmental disorder that has received varying research attention in the last 30 years (Brand & Loewenstein, 2010). Despite increased awareness and understanding of DID, patients with this disorder spend an average of nearly seven years in the mental health system before receiving an accurate diagnosis (Putnam et al., 1986). Delayed and incorrect diagnosis is associated with costly, ineffective, and/or inappropriate treatments (Leonard & Tiller, 2016). Clinician factors believed to contribute to delayed DID diagnosis include skepticism or disbelief as well as lack of training and knowledge (Brand et al., 2016). While significant research on this topic was conducted 15 to 30 years ago, few studies have assessed the current stance of practitioners, and even less research has explored factors underlying variation in their beliefs, knowledge, training, and experience. Accordingly, this study investigated clinicians’ knowledge, beliefs, training, and clinical experiences related to DID through a mixed-methods design. Eighty-three U.S. mental health professionals recruited from eight professional organizations completed an online survey that included demographic questions as well as a DID questionnaire. Descriptive analyses indicated that participants demonstrated varying levels of disbelief, knowledge, training, and experience related to DID. While most participants believed DID is a valid disorder (73.5%), only 38.4% were likely or extremely likely to believe a new patient who reports having the diagnosis. Thematic analyses (Braun & Clarke, 2006) revealed that, though stigma persists, most participants believed in the trauma model of DID. Findings suggest that many clinicians, especially those specializing in trauma, dissociative disorders, and/or psychodynamic therapy, find it challenging yet rewarding to work with DID, believe awareness about DID is an important area of research, and want to increase their awareness and knowledge about DID. Implications for DID assessment and treatment, as well as for future research, clinician training, and supervision are explored.
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Clinical Psychology
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Multiple personality
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1 online resource (xi, 161 p. : ill.)
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by Jenna N. Blewis
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ETD doctoral
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Jenna
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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