Dissociative Disorders (Morrison, Ch. 7) Flashcards
The patient cannot remember important information that is usually of a personal nature. This amnesia is usually stress-related.
Dissociative Amnesia
One or more additional identities intermittently seize control of the patient’s behavior.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
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.
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Patients who have symptoms suggestive of any of the Dissociative Disorders, but who do not meet the criteria for any of them, may be placed in one of these two categories.
Other specified, or unspecified, dissociative disorder
Some patients panic may experience depersonalization or derealization as part of an acute ________.
Panic Attack
A month or more following a severe trauma, the patient may not remember important aspects of personal history.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Immediately following a severe trauma, patients may not remember important aspects of personal history.
Acute Stress Disorder
Patients who have a history of somatic symptoms that cannot be explained on the basis of known disease mechanisms can also forget important aspects of personal history.
Somatic Symptom Disorder
______ resembles the dissociative disorders, in that there is amnesia for purposeful behavior, but it is classified elsewhere in order to keep all the sleep disorders together.
Sleepwalking
When severely stressed, these people will sometimes experiences episodes of dissociation, such as depersonalization.
Borderline Personality Disorder
Some patients continuously feign symptoms of memory loss. Their object is material gain, such as avoiding punishment or obtaining money or drugs.
Malingering
_________ occurs when one group of normal mental processes becomes separated from the rest.
Dissociation
What is it called when some of an individual’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors are removed from conscious awareness and control?
Dissociation
______ is defined as a sense of being cut off or detached from oneself with respect to thoughts, feelings, sensations, body or actions.
Depersonalization Disorder
_____ is a feeling that the exterior world is unreal or odd.
Derealization
Episodes of DDD (Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder) are often precipitated by ____.
stress
What is a temporary disruption in the normally integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior.”
Dissociation
______ spans range from minor or normative forms to major or more pathological forms.
Dissociation
In terms of the continuum of Dissociation, most normal individuals have __________ experiences (i.e. realizing you are driving after 5 min of zoning out)
“micro-dissociative”
What are the three principles of Dissociation?
- Age-related to the capacity to dissociate – gradual decline in capacity with age
- Certain developmental experiences increase the likelihood in later life (trauma, abuse)
- Serves a protective function in face of trauma
Dissociation as a defense is initially _____ but becomes ______ as
life requires continuity of memory, behavior and sense of self
adaptive
maladaptive