Dissociative Disorders Flashcards
Derealization
Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to surroundings
Dream like state, visual distortions
Depersonalization
Experiences of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respect to ones own thoughts, body, etc.
Depersonalization-Derealization disorder
Presence of persistent or recurrent experiences of Depersonalization, derealization or both, reality testing remains intact during an episode, clinical distress
D-D disorder stats
~2% in lifetime
Onset around 16
Often comorbid with depression and anxiety
Dissociative Amnesia
Inability to recall important autobiographical information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature
Localized amnesia
Most common, loss of all memory within a specific period of time starting with some form of a traumatic event
Selective amnesia
Second most common, memory for some but not all events within a specific period of time
Generalized amnesia
Memory loss extends back before the traumatic event
Continuous amnesia
Memory loss extends into the present, and potentially even long before the traumatic event
Fugue state
Individuals forget their identity and all their past and leave for a new location
Sometimes brief, sometimes long lasting, may act violently, state ends abruptly and former memories return
Dissociative amnesia stats
1.8% in a year
2.6% for females, 1% for males
Can occur at any age, high suicide risk
Treatment for dissociative amnesia
Hypnosis-based and drug therapies
Lack of controlled studies, mostly psychodynamic
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states, discontinuity in sense of self and agency, Recurrent gaps in recall of everyday events, personal info, or traumatic histories
DID stats
1.5% in a year
Women 3-9x more likely to receive the diagnosis
70% will attempt suicide
Onset in childhood usually after a traumatic event
Mutually amnesic relationship
No alter is aware of another
