Dr. Colin Ross, M.D. - USA

Colin Ross, MD is an internationally recognized clinician, researcher, writer and lecturer on psychological trauma. He is a past president of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation and the author of over 150 books, papers and book chapters and has reviewed for numerous professional journals. His awards include the Morton Prince Award for Scientific Achievement (1989) and the President's Award (1990) from the International Society for the Study of Dissociation.

He is the founder and President of the Colin A. Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma which provides treatment for trauma related disorders and symptoms including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Borderline Personality Disorder, Addictive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Dr. Ross is the Executive Medical Director of three programs located at Timberlawn Mental Health System in Dallas , Texas , Forest View Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Del Amo Hospital in Torrance, California.

His books include: Dissociative Identity Disorder: Diagnosis, Clinical Features and Treatment of Multiple Personality, Second Edition (1997); The Trauma Model: A Solution to the Problem of Co-morbidity in Psychiatry , (2000); Schizophrenia: An Innovative Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment, (2004); and The Rape of Eve: The True Story Behind The Three Faces of Eve (in press).

For more about Dr Ross's work visit: Weblink: www.rossinst.com