Colin A. Ross

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Colin A. Ross is a psychiatrist of Canadian origin and professional training. Ross went to medical school in Edmonton, Alberta and did his psychiatry training in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He moved to Dallas, Texas in the early 1990s.

Ross specializes in Post-traumatic stress disorder and Dissociative disorders (e.g., Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly termed Multiple Personality Disorder) and has written a many books and research papers including publications in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Presently Ross works in the Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma, a hospital in the Dallas 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.

In the past 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.

Dr Ross was interviewed for the Scientology DVD which criticized the BBC Panorama investigation 'Scientology and Me'. He states that people often use the term 'Brainwashing' loosely, usually as a term of slander or as an insult [1]

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 Multiple Personality: Reality and Illusion The docu-drama featured Chris Costner-Sizemore, the first woman thought to be diagnosed with MPD. Ms. Sizemore's life was portrayed by Joanne Woodward in the Fox motion picture, The Three Faces of Eve.

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• Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma