Quotes by Bethany L. Brand

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dissociative-identity-disorder dissociation multiple-personality-disorder mental-illness multiple-personalities dissociative posttraumatic controversory dissociative-disorders exposed fake fraud mental-illness-stigma reality suggestibility suggestible sybil billy-milligan insanity mental-disorder misconception misrepresentation self-harm self-injury split-personality stereotypes stigma suicidal suicidality suicide

“FLATOW: So you would - how would you treat a patient like Sybil if she showed up in your officeBRAND: Well, first I would start with a very thorough assessment, using the current standardized measu...”
— Bethany L. Brand
controversory dissociation dissociative-disorders dissociative-identity-disorder

“With DID patients, if they feel hostility or aggression they take it out on themselves with self-harm... Theyre self-destructive and repeatedly suicidal, more so than any other psychological disord...”
— Bethany L. Brand
billy-milligan dissociative-identity-disorder insanity mental-disorder

“Dissociative identity disorder is conceptualized as a childhood onset, posttraumatic developmental disorder in which the child is unable to consolidate a unified sense of self. Detachment from emot...”
— Bethany L. Brand
abused-children alter-identities alter-identity alter-personalities

“...the vast majority of these [dissociative identity disorder] patients have subtle presentations characterized by a mixture of dissociative and PTSD symptoms embedded with other symptoms, such as ...”
— Bethany L. Brand
complex-ptsd dissociation dissociative dissociative-disorder