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Dissociative Disorders involve disruption in what? (4)

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  1. Consciousness
  2. Memory
  3. Identity
  4. Perception
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Dissociative Criteria

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  1. Inability to recall important personal information
  2. Amnesia is not explained by physiological effect of substance or medical condition
  3. Causes distress/impairment
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Fugue Definition

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Loss of memory with actual physical flight

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4 Types of Amnesia

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  1. Localized
  2. Selective
  3. Generalized
  4. Continuous
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Localized Amnesia

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Lose all memories of an event that happen in a limited period of time

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Selective Amnesia

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Remember some but not all events that occur during a period of time

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Generalized Amnesia

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Loss of memory extends back to time before the major stressor

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Continuos Amnesia

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Cannot remember anything ongoing

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Typical Fugue Characteristics

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  1. Travel Short Distance
  2. New Identity is incomplete
  3. Fugue is Brief
  4. Ends Suddenly
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Atypical Fugue

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  1. Well Integrated new identity
  2. Complex social interactions
  3. Less Inhibited
  4. Longer lasting
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Cause of Fugue

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  1. Relationship Stressor
  2. Trauma
  3. Severe Personal Stressor
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Symptoms of Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Disruption of identity characterized by 2 or more personalities

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3 patterns of DID sub-personalities

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  1. Mutually Amnesic Relationship
  2. Mutually Cognizant pattern
  3. One-way amnesic relationship
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2 Theories Related to the Etiology of DID

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  1. Post-traumatic Model
  2. Socio-Cognitive Model
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Post Traumatic Model

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Children suffering from severe abuse use self hypnosis as a way to cope

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Critical periods in the Post Traumatic Model

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4-6 years old (when imaginary friends are being created

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Socio-cognitive Model

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Alters appear as a response to some other influence

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Primary objective when treating DID

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  1. Splitting is not necessary
  2. There are different ways to cope
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Goals of DID Therapy (3)

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  1. Recover Gaps in memory
  2. Recognize the extent of the disorder
  3. Integrate the sub personality into one whole personality
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Conversion Disorder

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Sudden presence of neurological symptoms; medical tests rule out biological cause

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Classic Conversion Disorder Symptoms

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  1. Paralysis
  2. Seizures
  3. Paresthesia
  4. Anesthesia
  5. Vision Problems
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Psycho dynamic Theory believes what is happening

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Something Unconscious

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Freud’s 3 Step Process

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  1. Trauma/Stress lead to unconscious conflict
  2. Person Represses Conflict
  3. Person converts conflict into physical symptoms
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Primary Gain

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These CD symptoms block the person’s awareness of internal conflict

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Secondary Gain

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CD symptoms excuse the person from responsibilities and help attract sympathy and attention

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Behavioral Aspects of CD

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  1. CD symptoms bring the sufferer reward (sympathy)
  2. Operantly conditioned to be sick
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4 Approaches of treatment

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  1. Insight
  2. Suggestion
  3. Reinforced
  4. Confrontation
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Schizophrenia Prevalence

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1%

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Positive Symptoms

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Delusions and Hallucinations

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Persecutory Delusion

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Other people are plotting against you or trying to harm you in some way

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Delusion of Grandeur

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When you believe that you are famous or powerful person and take on identity of said person

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Delusion of Reference

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Believe you are the center of attention, everything revolves around you

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Delusion of Precept

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An ordinary perception takes on a special meaning

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Somatic Passivity

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When you think bodily sensations are being imposed by an outside force

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Thought Broadcasting

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Their thought are being transmitted to the outside so other people can hear them

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Thought Insertion

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Whatever you think about has been placed in your mind by and external force

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Types of hallucinations

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  1. Auditory
  2. Visual
  3. Olfactory
  4. Heightened Sensitivity
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