Dissociative Disorders

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A state in which the person experiences unprompted intrusions into awareness and behavior accompanied by losses of continuity in these subjective experiences, or an inability to control or access mental functions such as amnesia

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Dissociation

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Entail a more complicated process wherein people forget who they are, where they are, and what they have been doing

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Dissociative disorders

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The shorthand term for a different identity or personality

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Alter

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In the regions of Thailand, this is seen as a common type of spirit possession

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Phii Pob

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A trance syndrome- common in Southeast Asia- characterized by a sudden outburst of unrestrained violent and aggressive behavior, usually of a homicidal nature, preceded by a period of anxious brooding and followed by exhaustion (mal de pelea in Puerto Rico and iich’aa among the Navajo)

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Amok

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A commonly noted response to acute stress in Latin American and Hispanic cultures

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Ataques de nervios

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Primarily thought of as a Malay-Indonesian syndrome, is another set of trancelike symptoms that occur in response to startling stimuli

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Latah

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Characterized by the individual’s collapsing, sometimes without warning, in a trance. The person’s eyes are open, but the individual claims an inability to see. It can be preceded by feelings of dizziness or a sensation of swimming in the head. The person is not able to move, yet they are able to hear and understand what is going on around them. Caribbean groups or in the southern United States

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Falling out (blacking out)

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Occurs in Haitians. Here, too, the person falls to the ground in a trance- the difference is that they are not able to understand anything that is said or done around them

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Indisposition

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Sometimes called arctic hysteria, is a Polar Eskimo trance syndrome seen as an abrupt dissociative episode accompanied by extreme excitement of up to 30 minutes’ duration and frequently followed by convulsive seizures and coma lasting up to 12 hours (referred to as grisi siknis among the Miskito Indians of Central America)

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Pibloktoq

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Involves initial feelings of anxiousness, somatic complaints (such as weakness, dizziness, fear, anorexia, insomnia, or gastrointestinal problems) followed by dissociation and possession by ancestral spirits

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Shin-byung

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Another term that refers to the experience of spirits possessing an individual, is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Egypt, Sudan, Iran, and other North African and Middle Eastern societies

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Zar

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Formerly known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), is considered the most severe of all the dissociative disorders because the most common and fundamental alteration includes the presence of more than one discrete identity

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Dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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Master gland that controls or influences all of the other endocrine glands that release a variety of hormones; this system includes the hypothalamus

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Pituitary gland

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Produces hormones to initiate or control stress reactions

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Adrenal cortex

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Formerly known as psychogenic amnesia. This is a completely reversible amnesia that is associated with some form of emotional, traumatic, or psychological stress. While the person’s generalized fund of life knowledge remains intact, he or she cannot remember important personal information, such as his or her name, age, or marital status

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Dissociative amnesia

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A specifier for dissociative amnesia. People with ___ experience unexpected travel away from their home or work, suffer an inability to recall their past, assume a new identity, and cannot remember important personal details about their past

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Dissociative fugue

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The people with this disorder experience themselves or their surroundings as stranger or unreal in some way. This experience is highly subjective. The individual reports feeling detached from his or her body and more like an observer

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Depersonalization/derealization disorder