Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

What medical condition mimics dissociative disorders?

Answer 1

Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Question 2

Average number of personalities ?

Answer 2

10

Question 3

Dissociative amnesia that is limited to a specific traumatic time period or event is described how?

Answer 3

localized

Question 4

Transient global amnesia vs dissociative

Answer 4

Dissociative will happen in all age groups, transient global is usually in the elderly. Orientation to self is usually retained in transiet global amnesia.

Question 5

Localized amnesia

Answer 5

A traumatic period of time or event. Often the hours or days surrounding the trauma. May last years after intense trauma.

Question 6

Selective Amnesia

Answer 6

A specific aspect of a traumatic memory

Question 7

Generalized Amnesia

Answer 7

Complete loss of memories of one’s identity and entire life history.

Question 8

Continuous Amnesia

Answer 8

Amnesia not limited to traumatic time or event but rather continues so that individual does not remember any new events following the trauma (anterograde amnesia).

Question 9

Depersonalization is a common feature of which medical condition?

Answer 9

Temporal lobe epilepsy, must rule it out.