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    The Stranger in the Mirror: The Hidden Epidemic
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    The Stranger in the Mirror: The Hidden Epidemic

    By Marlene Steinberg, M.D. and Maxine Schnall

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    Discover groundbreaking findings on a hidden epidemic -- and why it so often is misdiagnosed.

    You peer into the mirror and have trouble recognizing yourself. You feel as if you're going through the motions of life or you're watching a movie of yourself.

    These are all symptoms of dissociation -- a debilitating psychological condition involving feelings of disconnection that affects 30 million people in North America and often goes untreated. The Stranger in the Mirror offers unique guidelines for identifying and recovering from dissociative symptoms based on Dr. Marlene Steinberg's breakthrough diagnostic test. Filled with fascinating case histories of people with multiple personalities, this book provides enlightening insights into how all of us respond to trauma and overcome it. Her innovative method of treatment will benefit anyone in search of a healthier sense of self and a heightened capacity for joy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateNov 23, 2010
    ISBN9780062063229
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    The Stranger in the Mirror: The Hidden Epidemic
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    Marlene Steinberg, M.D.

    Marlene Steinberg, M.D., is a practicing psychiatrist and world renowned researcher in dissociation. Dr. Steinberg conducted her pioneering research at Yale University School of Medicine. She practices in Connecticut and western Massachusetts.

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    • 4/5
      Well-referenced, engaging case studies. Puts a lot of emphasis on the SCID-D, developed by the author, depicting it as the only way to get a correct diagnosis and treatment, which makes the book sound as though it may have a self-serving bias, but to be fair, this is probably not to the detriment of the reader.
    • 5/5
      Great book! informative and insightful. would read anything by this author.
    • 5/5
      What most impressed me in this excellent read is its encouragement to the millions of people whose defense systems have sometimes gone awry, occasions which cause distress and confusion.
      In addition to the obvious reasons millions of sexually abused youth dissociate as a survival mechanism, perhaps it is time to take a look the strong link between societal 'indoctrination' at religious and cultural levels that GROOM otherwise healthy, normal people to get sick and to dissociate.

      My unhappy mother insisted that "we live to serve others" and she died at 52 years old because she was not taught to include herself in that love. If only her religion had encouraged her to befriend rather than sacrifice herself.

      While we all must agree to give up some of our freedoms (eg. stopping at stop lights) - there is also a limit to the lies we can tolerate before the instincts twist.

      In an intolerant society each of us can begin to eliminate dissociation by living our own courage and honesty, by sharing our opinions and ideas, by being a leader in our own lives.

      Eleanor Cowan, author of : A History of a Pedophile's Wife