THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF VIOLENCE AND DISSOCIATION

Authors
YEAGER CA LEWIS DO
Citation
Ca. Yeager et Do. Lewis, THE INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF VIOLENCE AND DISSOCIATION, Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 5(2), 1996, pp. 393
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
10564993
Volume
5
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
1056-4993(1996)5:2<393:TITOVA>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Anecdotal evidence points to a tendency for dissociative identity diso rder/multiple personality disorder (DID/MPD) to run in families. This article reports on the prevalence of dissociation and other psychopath ology in the families of 11 children with DID/MPD and dissociative dis order not otherwise specified. It describes the perpetuation of violen t behaviors and dissociative defenses from one generation to the next.