Dear ISSTD colleagues, It is my great pleasure to welcome you to not only our first newsletter of 2017, but our first newsletter in a blog format. It shows the ongoing developments within ISSTD as we work to provide up-to-date information on multiple social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter), through annual and regional conferences along […]
The New Year is upon us and January has nearly run its course. With the end of January comes the end of early bird registration for the 2017 ISSTD Annual International Conference on Trauma and Dissociation. This year’s conference centers around the theme: The Ripple Effect: Trauma and Dissociation in the Mainstream. January 31st is […]
Last weekend marked the debut of M Night Shyamalan’s new thriller “Split”, about a deranged individual with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) who abducts and terrorizes three young women. With respect to Mr. Shyamalan’s ability to write and direct truly frightening movies, depicting individuals with this, or any other mental disorder, does a disservice to his artistic […]
