Dr. Steinberg's Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation represents a quantum leap in the assessment and diagnosis of dissociative symptoms and dissociative disorders... I only wish that this book had been available when I was beginning my psychiatric career. Philip M. Coons, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine The Handbook for the Assessment of Dissociation: A Clinical Guide by Marlene Steinberg M.D., is a milestone in instructing professionals in accurate diagnosis of dissociative symptoms and disorders. This handbook provides a rare combination of innovative and precise research findings with sound clinical experience. Readers will be guided through a systematic method for the assessment of trauma survivors while acquiring a profound sense of compassion for these patients in their struggles toward recovery. Pamela E. Hall, Psy.D., Founder & President of the New Jersey Society for the Study of Dissociation Dr. Steinberg's book is a valuable introduction to the diagnosis and assessment of dissociative phenomenology. It brings to life the features of the dissociative disorders, making them accessible and comprehensible to the neophyte, and systematic and more clarified for the more experienced. This is a very reader-friendly book. Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Director, Dissociative Disorders Program, The Institute of the Pennsylvania Hospital At last! A real 'how to' book for diagnosing dissociative disorders!... This is a book all psychiatric residents should see and all therapists assessing dissociative disorders will want. Elizabeth S. Bowman, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Indiana University School of Medicine If you want to know more about what dissociation is, why it occurs, and how to elicit the phenomena in a clinical interview, read this book. It is an outstanding contribution to the literature on dissociation and dissociative disorders. David Spiegel, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine