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Question 1

dissociative disorders

Answer 1

disorders in which there is a break in conscious awareness, memory, the sense of identity, or some combination.

Question 2

dissociative identity disorder (DID)

Answer 2

disorder occurring when a person seems to have two or more distinct personalities within one body.

Question 3

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 3

The individual cannot remember personal information such as one’s own name or specific personal events—the kind of information contained in episodic long-term memory. It has a psychological cause.