06a_Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Answer 1

Existence of two or more distinct personality states

or

Recurrent memory gaps for ordinary events, personal information, or traumatic events
*Not consistent with ordinary forgetfulness

Question 2

Dissociative Amnesia:

Overview

Answer 2

Related to exposure to one or more traumatic events

Inability to recall important personal information that cannot be attributed to ordinary forgetfulnes

Question 3

Five types of dissociative amnesia

Answer 3

Localized amnesia

Selective amnesia

Generalized amnesia

Continuous amnesia

Systematized amnesia

Question 4

Localized amnesia

Answer 4

Inability to remember ALL events related to a specific period of time

Question 5

Selective amnesia

Answer 5

Inability to remember SOME events related to a specific period of time

Question 6

Generalized amnesia

Answer 6

Loss of memory that encompasses the person’s entire life

Question 7

Continuous amnesia

Answer 7

Inability to recall events subsequent to a specific time up through the present

Question 8

Systematized amnesia

Answer 8

Inability to recall memories related to a certain category of information

E.g. memories related to a person’s spouse

Question 9

Dissociative Amnesia:

Specifiers

Answer 9

With or without dissociative fugue

Question 10

Dissociative fugue

Answer 10

Apparently purposeful travel with an inability to recall some or all of one’s past

Question 11

Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder:

Overview

Answer 11

Recurrent episodes of either DP or DR

*Reality testing remains intact

Question 12

Depersonalization

Answer 12

A sense of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer of one’s thoughts, feelings etc.

Question 13

Derealization

Answer 13

A sense of unreality or detachment involving one’s surroundings