Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

The patient cannot remember important information that is usually of a personal nature; usually stress-related

Answer 1

Dissociative amnesia

Question 2

One or more additional identities intermittently seize control of the patient’s behavior

Answer 2

Dissociative identity disorder

Question 3

There are episodes of detachment, as if the patient is observing the patient’s own behavior from outside. In this condition, there is no actual memory loss

Answer 3

Depersonalization/derealization disorder

Question 4

Patients who have symptoms suggestive
of any of the disorders above, but who do not meet criteria for any one of them, may be
placed in one of these two categories

Answer 4

Other specified, or unspecified, dissociative disorder