Dissociative Disorders Flashcards
The primary feature of Dissociative Disorders is a “disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of ______________, memory, identity, ____________, perception, body representation, _____________ control, and behavior.”
- Consciousness
- Emotion
- Motor
________________________is characterized by:
- Existence in one individual of two or more distinct personality states or the experience of possession,
- Recurrent gaps in recall of ordinary events, personal information, or traumatic events inconsistent with ordinary forgetfulness
Dissociative Identity Disorder.
It is important to note, when considering a diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder or another Dissociative Disorder, that - in some cultures - dissociative states are an acceptable expression of _____________ or _______________ beliefs and do not necessarily constitute a mental disorder.
- Religious
- Cultural
A diagnosis of ______________________ requires an inability to recall important personal information that cannot be attributed to ordinary forgetfulness and that causes clinically significant distress or impaired functioning.
Dissociative Amnesia.
Dissociative Amnesia is often related to exposure to one or more ____________________.
Traumatic events.
Dissociative Amnesia most often takes the form of ___________ amnesia or ____________ amnesia.
- Localized
- Selective
__________________ amnesia involves an inability to remember all events related to a circumscribed period of time.
Localized.
__________________ amnesia involves an inability to recall some events related to a circumscribed period.
Selective.
__________________ amnesia is characterized by a loss of memory that encompasses the person’s entire life.
Generalized.
__________________ amnesia refers to an inability to recall events subsequent to a specific time through the present.
Continuous.
__________________ amnesia is characterized by an inability to recall memories related to a certain category of information (e.g., memories related to the individual’s spouse).
Systematized.
For Dissociative Amnesia, the DSM-5 provides specifiers to indicate if the disorder is or is not accompanied by a ______________.
Dissociative Fugue.
_____________/_____________ Disorder is characterized by persistent or recurrent episodes of __________________ or __________________ that causes clinically significant distress or impaired functioning. Reality testing remains intact during symptomatic periods.
- Depersonalization/Derealization
- Depersonalization
- Derealization
___________________ is a sense of unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer of one’s thoughts, feelings, etc.
Depersonalization.
___________________ is a sense of unreality or detachment involving one’s surroundings.
Derealization.
