It is difficult to do anything these days without some mention of the suffering in the Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, but particularly Ukrainian mental health professionals who now need to provide psychological first-aid in the frontlines of a large-scale European war while experiencing personal danger.
While the guns in the Ukraine fire, the science muses do not keep silent.
Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma & Dissociation was the official clinical journal of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD).
After four years of operation and the publication of 4 volumes, the ISSTD board decided to discontinue the journal and grant open access to all the published papers. These papers were previously available to ISSTD members only. Because DOI references were added, 6 MD publications became searchable and available to all. Please also note that a paper on MD by Colin Ross triggered a response, a commentary by Eli Somer and 2 rejoinders by Dr. Ross.
Below is a list of all open access MD papers.
Somer, E. (2018). Maladaptive daydreaming: Ontological analysis, treatment rationale: a Pilot case study. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 2(1):1–22. 2523-5125 online. https://doi.org/10.46716/ftpd.2017.0006
Ross, C.A. (2019). Maladaptive daydreaming and therapeutic neutrality: A rejoinder. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 3(1):12–13. 523-5125 online. https://doi.org/10.46716/ftpd.2019.0019
Ross, C.A. (2019). Maladaptive daydreamimng and dissociation: Both a continuum and a taxon. Frontiers in the Psychotherapy of Trauma and Dissociation, 3(1):19–20. 2523-5125 online. https://doi.org/10.46716/ftpd.2019.0021
Published in the open access journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, "Heightened Levels of Maladaptive Daydreaming Are Associated With COVID-19 Lockdown, Pre-existing Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Intensified Psychological Dysfunctions: A Multi-country Study" is receiving a substantial readership.
Since its publication nearly a year ago, it was viewed 15,589 time by March 6, 2022. Currently, this MD paper has more views than 95% of all Frontiers articles. The paper was recently published in an e-book titled: “Drug and Behavioral Addictions During Social-Distancing for the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Ms. Yazhini, a student from India, has just published some of her findings in an Indian open access journal. We are always delighted to read the works of aspiring students from across the globe who help promote MD awareness in their home countries. Here is the link to the paper.
Media interest in MD continues to grow. For example, the New York Post, the oldest US daily and the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States by circulation (over half a million daily copies), published a story by Jane Ridley titled “What happens when ‘maladaptive daydreaming’ takes over your life”. Click here to read it.
The London indie-pop foursome Bastille issued a new album called “Give me the future”. The album's core inspiration is the notion of maladaptive daydreaming.
Read here the report by Garry Bushell published in the widely circulated UK daily The Daily Express.
Anthony Pafilla’s YouTube channel features 6.2 million subscribers. He recently uploaded an interview titled “I spent a day with maladaptive daydreamers”. This is how he described the video: I spent a day with maladaptive daydreamers to learn the truth about this elusive disorder that keeps these guests daydreaming constantly. The 23-minute video already had 385,202 views since it first aired about two weeks ago.
Last but not least, Thomas Renckens’ film The Daydreamers continues to be screened at the leading film festivals. It has recently screened at FIDBA, the biggest Documentary Film Festival in Latin America, and the first International Documentary Film Festival in Argentina.
See you next time with more news on maladaptive daydreaming and hopefully with good news of peace in Europe!
