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    Dissociative disorders involve an involuntary disconnection from reality in response to trauma. They include dissociative amnesia, depersonalization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder. Symptoms include memory loss, out-of-body experiences, and a lack of identity. Dissociative disorders typically develop due to childhood abuse or trauma and are treated with therapies like CBT to help patients process memories and develop coping skills.

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    Dissociative disorders involve an involuntary disconnection from reality in response to trauma. They include dissociative amnesia, depersonalization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder. Symptoms include memory loss, out-of-body experiences, and a lack of identity. Dissociative disorders typically develop due to childhood abuse or trauma and are treated with therapies like CBT to help patients process memories and develop coping skills.

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    Dissociative disorders involve an involuntary disconnection from reality in response to trauma. They include dissociative amnesia, depersonalization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder. Symptoms include memory loss, out-of-body experiences, and a lack of identity. Dissociative disorders typically develop due to childhood abuse or trauma and are treated with therapies like CBT to help patients process memories and develop coping skills.

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    Dissociative Disorders

    Dissociative disorders are characterized by an involuntary escape from reality


    characterized by a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memory.
    Dissociative disorders usually first develop as a response to a traumatic event to keep
    those memories under control. Stressful situations can worsen symptoms and cause
    problems with functioning in everyday activities. However, the symptoms a person
    experiences will depend on the type of dissociative disorder they are experiencing.

    The total population of people with dissociative disorders is estimated at 2%, with women
    being more likely than men to be diagnosed. Almost half of adults in the United States
    experience at least one depersonalization/derealization episode in their lives, with only
    2% meeting the full criteria for chronic episodes.

    Symptoms
    Symptoms and signs of dissociative disorders include:
    • Significant memory loss of specific times, people and events
    • Out-of-body experiences
    • Depression, anxiety and/or thoughts of suicide
    • A sense of detachment from your emotions or emotional numbness
    • A lack of a sense of self-identity

    There are three types of dissociative disorders defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical
    Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM):

    Dissociative amnesia. The main symptom is difficulty remembering important information


    about one’s self. Dissociative amnesia may surround a particular event, such as combat or
    abuse, or more rarely, information about identity and life history. The onset for an amnesic
    episode is usually sudden, and an episode can last minutes, hours, days, or, rarely,
    months or years. There is no average for age onset or percentage, and a person may
    experience multiple episodes throughout her life.

    Depersonalization disorder. This disorder involves ongoing feelings of detachment from


    actions, feelings, thoughts and sensations as if they are watching a movie
    (depersonalization). Sometimes other people and things may feel like people and things
    in the world around them are unreal (derealization). A person may experience
    depersonalization, derealization or both.

    Symptoms can last just a matter of moments or return at times over the years. The
    average onset age is 16, although depersonalization episodes can start anywhere from
    early to mid-childhood. Less than 20% of people with this disorder start experiencing
    episodes after the age of 20.

    Dissociative identity disorder. Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, this


    disorder is characterized by alternating between multiple identities. A person may feel
    like one or more voices are trying to take control in their head. Often these identities may
    have unique names, characteristics, mannerisms and voices.
    People with DID will experience gaps in memory of every day events, personal
    information and trauma. Onset for the full disorder at can happen at any age, but it is
    more likely to occur in people who have experienced severe, ongoing trauma before the
    age of 5.

    Women are more likely to be diagnosed, as they more frequently present with acute
    dissociative symptoms. Men are more likely to deny symptoms and trauma histories, and
    commonly exhibit more violent behavior, rather than amnesia or fugue states. This can
    lead to elevated false negative diagnosis.

    Causes
    Dissociative disorders usually develop as a way of dealing with trauma. Dissociative
    disorders most often form in children exposed to long-term physical, sexual or emotional
    abuse. Natural disasters and combat can also cause dissociative disorders.

    Diagnosis
    Doctors diagnose dissociative disorders based on a review of symptoms and personal
    history. A doctor may perform tests to rule out physical conditions that can cause
    symptoms such as memory loss and a sense of unreality (for example, head injury, brain
    lesions or tumors, sleep deprivation or intoxication). If physical causes are ruled out, a
    mental health specialist is often consulted to make an evaluation.

    Treatment
    Dissociative disorders are managed through various therapies including:
    • Psychotherapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical
    behavioral therapy (DBT)
    • Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
    • Medications such as antidepressants can treat symptoms of related conditions

    The goals of treatment for dissociative disorders are to help the patient safely recall and
    process painful memories, develop coping skills, and, in the case of dissociative identity
    disorder, to integrate the different identities into one functional person. There is no drug
    that deals directly with treating dissociation itself. Rather, medications are used to combat
    additional symptoms that commonly occur with dissociative disorders.

    See more at: http://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Mental-Health-Conditions/Dissociative-


    Disorders

    Updated March 2015

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