Dissociative disorders (DID, Dissociative Amnesia, DPDR)

Question 1

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Answer 1

A. Presence of 2+ distinct personalities
B. Memory gaps/lapses

*not due to cultural/spiritual practices

Question 2

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 2

A. Inability to remember important autobiographical information, usually of traumatic/stressful nature

With dissociative fugue: purposeful travel or bewildered wandering associated with amnesia, looking for identity/autobiographical information

Question 3

Depersonalization/Derealization disorder

Answer 3

A. Presence of depersonalization and/or derealization

1. Depersonalization: out of body, detachment, severed with self in respect to thoughts, feelings, sensations, actions, etc. 
2. Derealization: detachment from surroundings (dreamlike/virtual environment)

B. Reality testing remains intact during dp/dr episodes