Colin A. Ross

Colin A. Ross, M.D.
Born (1950-07-14) July 14, 1950
Canada

Colin A. Ross, M.D. is a psychiatrist and was president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation from 1993 to 1994.

Presently Dr. Ross works in the Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma, a hospital in the Dallas, Texas area. He also directs a trauma program at Forest View Psychiatric Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Most of the people the Ross Institute treats describe very traumatic and abusive childhoods.

Dr. Ross has also produced several documentaries and educational films about Dissociative Identity Disorder. In 1999, he teamed with producer James Myer in the making of Personality: Reality and Illusion. The docu-drama featured Chris Costner-Sizemore, a woman that became famous because of a rare diagnosis (at that time) of Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). Ms. Sizemore's life was portrayed by Joanne Woodward in the Fox motion picture, The Three Faces of Eve.

In the past Dr. Ross was contractor of psycho-pharmaceutical companies; he has been called to participate in neuroleptic trials and continues to publish in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Repressed memory controversy

Dr. Ross supports the controversial repressed memory hypothesis.

Contributions to Science

In 1989, Dr. Ross developed the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (DDIS), a standardized test used as a tool in diagnosing Dissociative Disorders.[1][2]

Bibliography

Dr. Ross has written several books[3] about psychiatry and related subjects. Some of these books are:

In addition he has published an extensive account of academic papers.[4]

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