Tell Me Your Dreams (24 page)

Current statistics from the Department of Justice indicate that approximately one third of juvenile victims of sexual abuse are children under six years of age, and that one out of three girls is sexually abused before the age of eighteen.

Most reported cases of incest involve a father and daughter.

A research project in three countries suggests that MPD affects I percent of the general population.

Dissociative disorders are often misdiagnosed, and studies have shown that, on average, people with MPD have spent seven years seeking treatment, prior to an accurate diagnosis.

Two thirds of the cases of multiple personality disorder are treatable. Following is a list of some of the organizations devoted to helping and treating patients. In addition, I have included a list of books and articles that may be of interest.

UNITED STATES

B.E.A.M. (Being Energetic About Multiplicity)

P.O. Box 20428

Louisville, KY 40250-0428

(502) 493-8975 (fax)

The Center for Post-Traumatic & Dissociative Disorders

Program

The Psychiatric Institute of Washington

4228 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20016

(800) 369-2273

The Forest View Trauma Program

1055 Medical Drive, S.E.

Grand Rapids, MI 49546-3671

(800) 949-8437

International Society for the Study of Dissociation

60 Revere Drive, Suite 500

Northbrook, IL 60062

(847) 480-0899

(847) 480-9282 (fax)

Justus Unlimited

P.O. Box 1221

Parker, CO 80134

(303) 643-8698

Masters and Johnson’s Trauma and Dissociative Disorders

Programs

Two Rivers Psychiatric Hospital

5121 Raytown Road

Kansas City, MO 64133

(800) 225-8577

Mothers Against Sexual Abuse (MASA)

503 1/2 South Myrtle Avenue, No. 9

Monrovia, CA 91016

(626) 305-1986

(626) 5035190 (fax)

The Sanctuary Unit

Friends Hospital

4641 Roosevelt Boulevard

Philadelphia, PA 19124

(215) 831-4600

The Sidran Foundation

2328 West Joppa Road, Suite 15

Lutherville, MD 21093

(410) 825-8888

The Timberlawn Trauma Program

4600 Samuell Boulevard

Dallas, TX 75228

(800) 426-4944

ARGENTINA

Grupo de Estudio de

Trastornos de disociación y trauma de Argentina

Dra. Graciela Rodriguez

Federico Lacroze 1820 7mo. A

(1426) Buenos Aires

Argentina

Tel/Fax 541-775-2792

AUSTRALIA

Australian Association for Trauma and Dissociation (AATD)

P.O. Box 85

Brunswick

Melbourne, Victoria 3056

Australia

Tel. (03) 9663 6225

Beyond Survival: A Magazine on Abuse, Trauma and Dissociation

P.O. Box 85

Annandale, NSW 2038

Australia

Tel. (02) 9566 2045

CANADA

Canadian Mental Health Association

Metro Toronto Branch

970 Lawrence Avenue West, Suite 205

Toronto, Ontario

Canada M6A 3B6

Tel. (416) 789-7957

Fax (416) 789-9079

Canadian Society for the Study of Dissociation

c/o John O’Neil, MD, FRCPC

4064 Wilson Avenue

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H4A 2T9

Tel. (514) 485-9529

ISRAEL

Maytal-Israel Institute for Treatment & Research on Stress

Eli Somer, Ph.D., Clinical Director

3 Manyan Street

Haifa 34484, Israel

Tel. +972-4-8381999

Fax +972-4-8386369

NETHERLANDS

Nederlands-Vlaamse Vereniging voor de bestudering van Dissociatieve Stoornissen (NWDS)

(Netherlands-Flemish Society for the Study of Dissociative Disorders)

c/o Stichting RBC, location P.C. Bloemendaal

Kliniek voor Intensieve Behandeling Atlantis

Fenny ten Boschstraat 23

2555 PT Den Haag

The Netherlands

Tel. +31 (070)391-6117

Fax +31 (070)391-6115

Praktijk voor psychotherapie

en hypnose

Els Grimminck, M.D.

Wielewaal 17

1902 KE Castricum

The Netherlands

Tel. (+31-0)251650264

Fax (+31-0) 251653306

UNITED KINGDOM

British Dissociative Disorders Professional Study Group

c/o Jeanie McIntee, MSo

Chester Therapy Centre

Weldon House

20 Walpole Street

Chester CH1 4HG

England

Tel. 1244-390121

BOOKS

Calof, David L., with Mary Leloo.
Multiple Personality and Dissociation: Understanding Incest, Abuse, and MPD.
Park Ridge, IL: Parkside Publishing, 1993.

Putnam, Frank.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder.
New York: Guilford Press, 1989.

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Dissociation in Children and Adolescents: A Developmental Perspective.
New York: Guilford Press, 1997.

Roseman, Mark, Gini Scott, and William Craig.
You the Jury.
Santa Ana, CA: Seven Locks Press, 1997.

Saks, Elyn R., with Stephen H. Behnke.
Jekyll on Trial.
New York: New York University Press, 1997.

Schreiber, Flora Rheta.
Sybil.
New York: Warner Books, 1995.

Thigpen, Corbett H., and Hervey M. Cleckley.
Three Faces of Eve.
Rev. ed. Augusta, GA: Three Faces of Eve, 1992.

ARTICLES

Abrams, S. “The Multiple Personality: A Legal Defense.”
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 25
(1983): 225-31.

Allison, R. B. “Multiple Personality and Criminal Behavior.”
American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry 2
(1981-82): 32-38.

ON THE INTERNET

The Sidran Foundation Online

http://www.sidran.org

Pat McClendon’s Home Page

http://www.users.mis.net/~patmc/

International Society for the Study of Dissociation

E-mail:
[email protected]

Tell Me Your Dreams

The Best Laid Plans

Morning, Noon, and Night

Nothing Lasts Forever

The Stars Shine Down

The Doomsday Conspiracy

Memories of Midnight

The Sands of Time

Windmills of the Gods

If Tomorrow Comes

Master of the Game

Rage of Angels

Bloodline

A Stranger in the Mirror

The Other Side of Midnight

The Naked Face