Selected Media Interviews
Dr. Brand has been interviewed by local and national press organizations about trauma-related disorders and about forensic cases. Select interviews include:
Connecticut National Public Radio. Dr. Brand was interviewed on a show focused on dissociative identity disorder (DID) in which she and a woman diagnosed with DID challenged myths about the disorder, including those portrayed in the movie Split.
http://wnpr.org/post/movies-get-split-personalities-all-wrong
National Public Radio’s Science Friday. Dr. Brand was interviewed about dissociative disorders in the context of a popular press book alleging that the famous case of Sybil was factitious.
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/21/141591185/exploring-multiple-personalities-in-sybil-exposed
American Psychological Association. Dr. Brand was interviewed about her study on the coverage of child maltreatment in psychology textbooks. The podcast “How Adequate is Coverage of Child Maltreatment in Abnormal Psychology Textbooks?” is hosted at:
http://www.apa.org/pubs/highlights/podcasts/episode-08.aspx
Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story about the way COVID-19 may impact and change people for The Atlantic by Joe Pinsker.
Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story about how psychologists are helping people cope with COVID-19 for APA’s Six Things Psychologists are Talking About newsletter.
https://www.apa.org/topics/covid-19/helping-america
Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story about dissociative identity disorder for The Cut.
https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/what-its-like-to-have-multiple-personalities.html
Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story about dissociation for Vice.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a355zg/what-does-it-mean-to-dissociate
Dr. Brand was interviewed about the impact and treatment of kidnapping, related to the kidnapping of Jaymee Kloss for the Daily Beast.
Dr. Brand was interviewed by ABC news about the recovery process for trauma in relationship to Jaymee Kloss escaping from the man who murdered her parents and kidnapped her.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/jayme-closs-survived-months-abducted-now-long-road/story?id=60309186
Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story about sexual assault and amnesia for Cosmopolitian by Sara Gaynes Levy.
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a25700541/delayed-recall-sexual-assault-recovered-memories/
Dr. Brand was interviewed by the American Psychological Association for its online blog APA PsycIQ about trauma-informed practice.
http://psyciq.apa.org/practicing-while-trauma-informed/
West Coast Trauma Project. Dr. Brand was interviewed for the West Coast Trauma Project.
http://www.westcoasttraumaproject.com/podcast/bethany-brand-phd/
U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Brand was interviewed about dissociative identity disorder.
PsychCentral. Dr. Brand was interviewed about dissociative disorders and the TOP DD Study.
National Public Radio’s It’s Your Health. Dr. Brand was interviewed about dissociative disorders.
Michigan National Public Radio. Dr. Brand was interviewed about posttraumatic stress disorder and dissociation.
Towson University. Dr. Brand was interviewed for a story that was featured on Towson University’s homepage.
http://www.towson.edu/news/2015/ontheirminds.html
East Bay Express. Dr. Brand was interviewed by Sam Levin about dissociative identity disorder.
http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/when-the-mind-splits/Content?oid=4109440
The Trauma & Mental Health Record. Dr. Brand was interviewed about her research on dissociative disorders for Dr. Robert Muller’s online magazine published by York University, Toronto, Canada.
Psych Central. Dr. Brand was interviewed about dissociative identity disorder.
http://psychcentral.com/lib/2011/dispelling-myths-about-dissociative-identity-disorder/