Chapter 8 Flashcards
Presence of two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession
Dissociative Identity Disorder
core personality
Host
gaps in their memory about some aspects of their personal history; lapses in dependable measure; discovery of evidence of their everyday actions and tasks that they do not recall doing
Amnesia
personalities other than the host
Alters
Associated Features of DID
-Depression
-anxiety
-substance abuse
-self-injury
-non-epileptic seizures
-Conceals, or not fully aware of symptoms
-Dissociative flashbacks
-Interpersonal maltreatment
-Nonmaltreatment forms
-Self-mutilation and suicidal behaviors
Pathophysiology of DID
Hippocampus (memory)
Amygdala (emotions and associated with memory)
Parahippocampal gyrus
Inability to recall important autobiographical information that:
Should be successfully stored in memory
Ordinarily would be readily remembered
Dissociative Amnesia
recalls some, but not all, of the events during a period of time
Selective amnesia
Forgets all events during a specific time interval
Localized amnesia
can’t remember anything at all from his/her life
Generalized amnesia
Loses memory for a specific category of information
Systemized amnesia
Forgets each new event as it occurs
Continuous amnesia
experiences of unreality detachment or being an outside observer with
Depersonalization
Developmental and Course of Dissociative Amnesia?
Onset of generalized amnesia
Observed in young children
Children are the most difficult to evaluate
may feel as if she/he is in a fog
Derealization
Etiology of Depersonalization&Derealization
develops as a way to cope with trauma. The disorders most often form in children. Subjected to long-term physical abuse
Dissociative amnesia is also known as
Psychogenic amnesia
apparently purposeful travel or bewildered wandering that is associated with amnesia for identity or for other important autobiographical information.
“a rare mental health condition characterized by sudden, unexpected travel away from one’s home or customary place, accompanied by an inability to recall one’s past and sometimes the assumption of a new identity”
Dissociative fugue
Developmental and course of DID?
-Can occur at any age
-Associated with traumatic childhood experiences
Triggers for psychological decompensation
- overt identity changes (pag mamatay ang perpetrator = mag low ang imong psychological functioning)
