"I want to learn about MPD/DID/Plural Cultural History."
note: I am not affiliated with any of these authors, nor do I promote their ideas uncritically. This list is always subject to addition as I find the time to read more.
- Astraea's Web (see also on the Internet Archive)
- Plural Deep Dive: Timeline
- LB Lee's Plural Tales of Yore
- MPD/DID/Plural History (@anti-willo-solivan)
- Beware of the Other Side(s)
—Schwarz, 2013 - Rewriting the Soul
—Hacking, 1995 - A Mind of My Own
—Sizemore, 1989 - and all books and articles on why pwDID are fakers / victims of contagion go here too (e.g. Bifurcation of the Self; Hystories; Sybil Exposed, Victims of Memory, etc.). Sceptics are also part of history, and not all of them are entirely wrong either.
"I want to learn about Complex Dissociative Psychopathology."
note: I am not affiliated with any of these authors, nor do I promote their ideas uncritically. This list is always subject to addition as I find the time to read more.
- Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors
—Fisher, 2017 - Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders Reconsidered
—Lynn et al, 2022 - (USA) Dissociative Identity Disorder: Treatment and Management
—ed. Tohid et al, 2024 - (UK) Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice
—ed. Crockford et al, 2026 - The Haunted Self
—van der Hart et al, 2006 - Adult Treatment Guidelines
—ISSTD, 2011 - Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond
—ed. Dell et al, 2009 - Dissociative Identity Disorder
—Ross, 1997 - Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
- European Journal of Trauma and Dissociation
- International Diagnostic Manuals: ICD-10 (1990); ICD-11 (2018)
- USAmerican Diagnostic Manuals: DSM-IV (1994); DSM-IV-TR (2000); DSM-5 (2013); DSM-5-TR (2022)