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Psych - Dissociative Disorders

The document discusses several types of dissociative disorders including dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, and depersonalization disorder. Dissociative disorders involve a loss of the typical integration between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memories. They often develop as a coping mechanism in response to trauma.

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Psych - Dissociative Disorders

The document discusses several types of dissociative disorders including dissociative amnesia, dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder, and depersonalization disorder. Dissociative disorders involve a loss of the typical integration between thoughts, identity, consciousness and memories. They often develop as a coping mechanism in response to trauma.

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Dissociative Disorders

-One basic personality

-Lost the sense of having one


consciousness

Dissociation- self-defense
against trauma.
dissociative amnesia

 Inability to remember information,


usually related to a stressful or
traumatic event.

 Dissociative phenomena limited to


amnesia.

 Patient is completely intact and function


coherently.
dissociative fugue
 Sudden and unexpected travel away
from home or work

 Inability to recall the past

 With confusion about personal identity


or with adoption of a new identity

 Old and new identities do not alternate


dissociative identity
disorder
 Most severe and chronic

 Multiple personality disorder

 Typically involves a traumatic event,


usually childhood physical or sexual
abuse

 Two or more distinct personalities


depersonalization disorder
 Recurrent or persistent feelings of
detachment from the body or
mind.

 Mechanical, in a dream, detached


from their bodies

 Patients realize the unreality of the


symptoms

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