What is it about?
This is a qualitative study that explored the experiences of seven women who reported moderate to severe experiences of dissociation when they were on hospital wards. Five of the women who shared their stories reported a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder and two others described experiences of derealisation and depersonalisation.
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Why is it important?
Due to the relational difficulties dissociative experiences can lead to, it was important to hear how they perceived their dissociative difficulties impacted on the therapeutic relationships they had with various members of the multidisciplinary care teams whilst on physical and/or mental health wards.
Perspectives
Although there has been a growing interest in understanding experiences related to dissociation over the last decade, relatively little research has been undertaken with people experiencing dissociation directly. Having met a few people in clinical practice who experienced various forms of dissociation, I thought it was important to hear more about the lived experience and specifically the impact on ward based care first hand. Dissociation is such a unique experience, we really need to hear more stories about the experience and how it influences people's care to gain a better sense of how health and social care services can be suitably tailored to meet people's needs.
Dr Sarah L Parry
Manchester Metropolitan University Department of Mathematics
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This page is a summary of: Experiences of therapeutic relationships on hospital wards, dissociation, and making connections, Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, September 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15299732.2016.1241852.
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