Dissociative Disorders

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Detachment from reality

-Contrast w/ psychosis which is loss of reality

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Dissociation

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Often associated with psychological trauma

• Felling like “I was outside of my body”
• Often associated with psychological trauma

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Dissociative disorders

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Multiple personality disorder

• More common in women
• Associated w/ childhood trauma/abuse

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Sexual abuse before the age of 6 is a major risk factor for

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Characterized as patient having two or more distinct identities

-Gaps in memory about events

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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There is a high rate of occurrence of dissociative identity disorder with

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1. ) PTSD
2. ) Depression and substance abuse
3. ) Personality disorders (avoidant and borderline)

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Physical symptoms not explained by a medical condition

-A comorbidity of dissociative identity disorder

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Somatoform Conditions

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Feeling detached or estranged from one’s self

-Loss of control over thoughts and actions

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Depersonalization

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Detachment from the surrounding world

-Objects seem unreal, foggy, or visually distorted

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Derealization

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Often triggered by trauma

-Must cause significant distress/impairment to get this classification

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Depersonalization/derealization disorder

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Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder is differentiated from psychosis because there is intact

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Reality testing

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Inability to recall autobiographical memories

• Usually follows major trauma/stress
• Potentially reversible

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Loss of large groups of memories, i.e. name, job, home

-Caused by overwhelming stress

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Simple Amnesia

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Loss of autobiographical information such as name, job, and home

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Classical case: woman attacked in elevator. Does not recall her job, where she lives, etc.

-Memories resurface later

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Subtype of dissociative amnesia characterized by sudden travel/wandering in dissociated state

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Dissociative fugue

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A manager who was fired from his job and then goes missing is an example of

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Dissociative Fugue