[flockpride]

I was wondering if folks have any DID focused books they like or have found helpful.

I initially read Robert Oxnam's A Fractured Mind and was encouraged that such an accomplished person could live with this situation. Gave me hope really.

[Sarah Bee]

Coping With Trauma Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart is a really good one. It deals with DID and DDNOS/OSDD.

First Person Plural by Dr Cameron West is his account of DID.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by flockpride

I was wondering if folks have any DID focused books they like or have found helpful.

I initially read Robert Oxnam's A Fractured Mind and was encouraged that such an accomplished person could live with this situation. Gave me hope really.

right now your best bet on finding up to date material on DID would be your treatment providers or a treatment provider in your off computer location. Here in the USA all books (though they do still help some people) are obsolete/outdated due to they do not take into consideration the present diagnostic criteria. all books that I have at work and home and see on store shelves all contain the DSM IV TR standards not the present DSM % published in 2013, information like how a person became DID types of alters personal experiences related in the books sometimes are things that the new diagnostics have ruled out ....example in your reading you may find books that state DID is a religious mental disorder where as the new diagnostics have ruled that out. anything containing DID problems associated with religious background basically renders the diagnosis moot (not DID) now...

my point is if you are going to be reading outdated books the best thing you can do is contact your treatment provider. they will be able to steer you towards the books that are more suited to your problems.

that said if you do not care whether the material you read is factual or contains misleading information/ not up to date/ ....there is an extensive book list that everyone here on psych central has been adding to that I was pointed to when I first came here, ...most if not all of the forum boards have a sticky thread at the top of the forums so that members can keep adding to them and not have to have many separate threads cluttering up the boards and getting lost /buried \pushed down in the stacks of threads ....

http://forums.psychcentral.com/disso...treatment.html

somewhere i've a list. okay, i don't.

once a month 1 of my friends who is also DID sends out to all her friends a comprihensive list of books that has helped her.

so i am sure i can post it when it's sent out next..

The DID Sourcebook (can't remember the author)

[possum220]

No books, no books. They are creepy and make me want to throw them out the window. No books.

[flockpride]

Respectfully, the DSM is not inerrant. It is a document produced in a political environment by people with vested interests and points of view. It does not convey Truth or facts, rather a scientifically informed, culturally framed description of human behaviors and experiences considered disordered at this point in time. Homosexuality used to be considered a mental illness. It is not, in the U.S., anymore.

With many conditions in the DSM, research continues and differences of opinion drive debate.

"that said if you do not care whether the material you read is factual or contains misleading information/ not up to date/ ....there is an extensive book list that everyone here on psych central has been adding to that I was pointed to..."

The facts I care about are the facts of my daily life and ideas that can help me live better alone and I relation to others.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by flockpride

Respectfully, the DSM is not inerrant. It is a document produced in a political environment by people with vested interests and points of view. It does not convey Truth or facts, rather a scientifically informed, culturally framed description of human behaviors and experiences considered disordered at this point in time. Homosexuality used to be considered a mental illness. It is not, in the U.S., anymore.

With many conditions in the DSM, research continues and differences of opinion drive debate.

"that said if you do not care whether the material you read is factual or contains misleading information/ not up to date/ ....there is an extensive book list that everyone here on psych central has been adding to that I was pointed to..."

The facts I care about are the facts of my daily life and ideas that can help me live better alone and I relation to others.

UM no offense but the DSM 5 is in the US and is the present standards treatment providers in the USA are using in the USA. it is a book that contains all the .....present and up to date for todays standards for todays recognized mental disorders with in the USA. it was worked on for many many years, taking into consideration documentations and input from treatment providers with in the USA, input from the general public with in the USA and input from those with mental disorders with in the USA. the panel of people who put this book together was not a political party. it is the American Psychiatric Association. they are the ones that over see things like what treatment providers can and cant do in the USA for treating people with mental illness. here is a link to their website and one to the DSM 5, as you can see they truely are located with in the USA. your own treatment providers can also show you their copy of the DSM 5 which contains a page with in the book where it tells what countries are using this book and where it was published in the USA (the copy right information)

Home | APA DSM-5
Home | psychiatry.org

at this mo0ment the information in the DSM 5 is factual but yes someday that information will be outdated, at that time the American Psychiatric Association will again open discussions among treatment providers, those with mental illness and the general public with the goal of updating the material and publishing the new, updated version of this book, just like they have done with the past DSM books.

[Claritytoo]

Originally Posted by amandalouise

UM no offense but the DSM 5 is in the US and is the present standards treatment providers in the USA are using in the USA. it is a book that contains all the .....present and up to date for todays standards for todays recognized mental disorders with in the USA. it was worked on for many many years, taking into consideration documentations and input from treatment providers with in the USA, input from the general public with in the USA and input from those with mental disorders with in the USA. the panel of people who put this book together was not a political party. it is the American Psychiatric Association. they are the ones that over see things like what treatment providers can and cant do in the USA for treating people with mental illness. here is a link to their website and one to the DSM 5, as you can see they truely are located with in the USA. your own treatment providers can also show you their copy of the DSM 5 which contains a page with in the book where it tells what countries are using this book and where it was published in the USA (the copy right information)

Home | APA DSM-5
Home | psychiatry.org

at this mo0ment the information in the DSM 5 is factual but yes someday that information will be outdated, at that time the American Psychiatric Association will again open discussions among treatment providers, those with mental illness and the general public with the goal of updating the material and publishing the new, updated version of this book, just like they have done with the past DSM books.

Maybe some people are looking for a less clinical approach to understanding DID. Sometimes it is helpful to read about other peoples experiences. When I read about the experience of someone with DID and that experience is similar to mine, it comforts me. DID is different for each of us but I see similarities in systems. Their structure and purpose and how they manage in the world, or not. Just reading the entries on this site help.

[flockpride]

Originally Posted by amandalouise

UM no offense but the DSM 5 is in the US and is the present standards treatment providers in the USA are using in the USA. it is a book that contains all the .....present and up to date for todays standards for todays recognized mental disorders with in the USA. it was worked on for many many years, taking into consideration documentations and input from treatment providers with in the USA, input from the general public with in the USA and input from those with mental disorders with in the USA. the panel of people who put this book together was not a political party. it is the American Psychiatric Association. they are the ones that over see things like what treatment providers can and cant do in the USA for treating people with mental illness. here is a link to their website and one to the DSM 5, as you can see they truely are located with in the USA. your own treatment providers can also show you their copy of the DSM 5 which contains a page with in the book where it tells what countries are using this book and where it was published in the USA (the copy right information)

Home | APA DSM-5
Home | psychiatry.org

at this mo0ment the information in the DSM 5 is factual but yes someday that information will be outdated, at that time the American Psychiatric Association will again open discussions among treatment providers, those with mental illness and the general public with the goal of updating the material and publishing the new, updated version of this book, just like they have done with the past DSM books.

I didn't say it was put together by a political party. All human institutions have a political dimension to their functioning. That is all.