Many medical terms have evolved or changed over the years to reflect advancements in medical knowledge or to reduce stigma. For example, what was once called consumption is now known to be ...

Dissociative identity disorder is mainly treated with talk therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps change negative ...

In fact, research shows between 1.1%–1.5% of the general population will likely have dissociative identity disorder (the most severe form of dissociative experience), with 4.1% likely to present with ...

We all dissociate. We plan our weddings while staring out at our backyards during breakfast. We get in our cars after a long day of work and somehow float home. We scroll through dozens of TikToks and ...

I rarely watch movies, but during the recent long holiday, I finally sat down to see one. It wasn’t the most popular title, but the story caught my attention because it portrayed a character living ...

Maladaptive daydreaming should be included as a dissociative disorder in psychiatric manuals, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Prof. Nirit Soffer-Dudek argues in a position paper just published ...

The term “dissociation” has received a lot of public and professional attention in recent years. This is likely due to the increased interest in psychological trauma, and, unfortunately, movies like ...