I work with Developmental trauma disorder / complex PTSD which as you know have dissociative aspects
Your questions aren't clear, and to help clarify you may want to do a bit more research on subtypes of dissociation (DES doesn't do much with these). Check out http://www.healthyplace.com/abuse/dissociative-identity-disorder/dissociative-disorders-types-list/
There is a bibliography at http://stresshealthcenter.stanford.edu/research/pub_dissociation_stress.html
Integrating the field of dissociation.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0010457
By Barlow, M. Rose
PsycCRITIQUES, Vol 53(1), 2008, No Pagination Specified.
Reviews the book, Traumatic dissociation: Neurobiology and treatment edited by Eric Vermetten, Martin J. Dorahy, and David Spiegel (see record 2007-05420-000). A book like Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment is overdue, and fortunately now its time has come. This book is an excellent collection of chapters that provide a good review of the existing literature in the field. It also provides fertile ground for new research ideas. The three well-known editors have collected a stellar lineup of the most important researchers in the field of traumatic dissociation. Chapters are mostly well written and are always intriguing. This book makes a valuable overall contribution to the literature in this area; its weaknesses are small details. On the whole, Traumatic Dissociation is also refreshingly free of the seemingly endless bickering over the causes of dissociative disorders that sometimes derails other discussions about dissociation. The preface states the main issues and controversies of the book. The first chapter, by Dorahy and van der Hart, is a good example of summarizing points that have been contentious in the past while pointing out lines of thought that will aid the growth of future thinking in this field. The book is divided into three parts: the first focusing on the challenges of conceptualizing dissociation, the second on neurobiology, and the third part on assessment and treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Dissociative disorders: Not empirically proven.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/003500
By Spanos, Nicholas P.
Contemporary Psychology, Vol 40(3), Mar 1995, 261-262.
Dissociative Disorders: A Clinical Review, edited by David Spiegel (see record 1993-97251-000), includes six chapters by prominent clinical investigators in the area of dissociative disorders. In the first paper, Putnam describes dissociation as a normal as well as pathological phenomenon and reviews work on several aspects of this topic. In the second paper, Kluft deals with multiple personality disorder (MPD), and in the third paper Loewenstein provides a review of psychogenic amnesia and fugues. Steinberg reviews work on depersonalization and its relationship to traumatic and near death experiences in Chapter 4, and in Chapter 5 Nemiah relates the notion of dissociation to conversion and somatization symptoms. The final chapter by Spiegel deals with dissociation and trauma and relationships between hypnosis, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and MPD. The papers differ in quality and in the extent to which the authors critically examine available empirical data. In summary, the chapters in this book provide one general point of view toward dissociation and dissociative disorders. The inclusion of alternative viewpoints and a more critical approach to some of the literature would have been preferable. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)
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