Posted by desolationrower on December 14, 2008, at 18:31:27
In reply to Re: med help for dissociation, posted by darwinsmunky on December 14, 2008, at 11:04:45
I think mindfulness meditation specifically on bodily awareness might be one of the most helpful. You might want to track down these fulltext of this to see what it says:
Abstract:
The purpose of the current paper is to compare meditational and dissociative states in terms of their effects on consciousness, attention, affect, cognition, identity, and pain sensitivity. To illustrate these dimensions of dissociation, a case example is presented of a veteran with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder who had particularly severe dissociation symptoms. The Classical Yoga literature is reviewed to examine these dimensions as they pertain to meditational states. Although dissociative and meditational states can involve alterations in consciousness, attention, affect, cognition, identity, and pain sensitivity, the nature of changes in these two states is distinct. Applications of meditation in treatment contexts have made use of some of the powerful techniques for attention control but do not incorporate the full range of practices because of the secular setting of treatment and the goal of symptom relief. The use of meditation as a treatment for dissociation has not been systematically evaluated.
Journal Title:
Journal of Trauma & Dissociation:
The official journal of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
Volume: 5 Issue: 2
ISSN: 1529-9732 Pub Date: 7/13/2004
Mindfulness, dissociation, EMDR and the anterior cingulate cortex: a hypothesis
Dr Frank M Corrigan *
Lomond and Argyll Primary Care NHS Trust, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland
email: Frank M Corrigan (frank.corrigan@aandb.scot.nhs.uk)*Correspondence to Frank M Corrigan, Lomond and Argyll Primary Care NHS Trust, Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead, Argyll PA31 8LD.
Abstract
Hypotheses on the neurobiology of a mindfulness-dissociation continuum are presented. Crucial to the hypotheses are the observations of a reciprocal interaction between the cognitive and affective subdivisions of the anterior cingulate cortex and the unilateral activation of right anterior cingulate in hypnotic dissociation and in post-traumatic syndromes. It is proposed that the unilateral activation can cause a loss of the reciprocal relationship between the subdivisions and that in the case of peri-traumatic dissociation the subsequent syndrome responds to eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) through restoration of the bilateral activation and reinstatement of the reciprocal relationship between the subdivisions. Bilateral activation of the cognitive subdivisions is proposed to underlie the attentional state of concentration mindfulness in which affect is well regulated. Copyright © 2002 British Society of Experimental and Clinical HypnosisEMDR therapy for PTSD is possibly effective by enhancing interhemispheric transfer, so piracetam at time of therapy might be beneficial.
-d/r
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