David Spiegel

TL;DR: This article examines multiple or dissociative personality syndrome as a multiple post-traumatic stress disorder, discussing these patient's developmental histories, their high hypnotizability, and their profound capacity to dissociate spontaneously to protect themselves from emotional and physical pain.

TL;DR: Brain electrical potentials evoked by visual stimulation were analyzed to study the neurophysiological mechanism associated with hypnotic hallucination and high-hypnotizable individuals demonstrated significant suppression of the later components of the evoked response while experiencing obstructive hallucinations.

TL;DR: Psychotherapy appears to have a beneficial impact on a variety of costs when used in the treatment of the most severe psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, and borderline personality disorder.

TL;DR: The authors demonstrate in an older sample that assay reliability is a relatively minor issue, that one assay per saliva sample suffices and the use of a sample obtained at wake time for each participant appears to be a preferred anchor for the slope estimate.

TL;DR: During and immediately following a traumatic event, people may manifest a pattern of dissociative and anxiety symptoms and other reactions, referred to as Acute Stress Disorder, which is likely to constitute a psychological adaptation to a stressful event, limiting painful thoughts and feelings associated with the event and allowing the person to function at least minimally.