E2 Dissociative Disorders Flashcards
Exam 2
Detachment or alteration in consciousness, identity, or memory
Dissociation
Dissociation is very common during __________ ___________
Panic Attacks
3 dissociative disorders in specific
- Depolarization/Derealization disorder
- Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
- Dissociative amnesia
The three dissoc. disorders must
Not be better explained by drug use, medical conditions, or other mental disorders
Most information of dissociative disorders come from
Case study
Experiences unreality, detachment, or being an outside observer with respects to one’s THOUGHTS, BODY, FEELINGS
Depersonalization
Experiences of unreality or detachment with respect to SURROUNDINGS
Derealization
Dereal and Deper can last for two episodic time periods. What are they?
Brief (hours to day) or Prolonged (Weeks to years)
Depol and Dereal are usually associated with (3)
severe stress, anxiety, and depression
To treat depol. and dereal. we must first address
anxiety, depression, and stressors
Presence of 2 or more identities/personality states or “alters”
Dissociative Identity Disorders
Between identity transfer in DID, there are
gaps in memory; failure to connect identity
In DID, each identity may have a unique
voice, age, behavior, name
A switch in personalities is often brought by
stress; usually instant (sometimes gradual)
The primary identity is usually _____________, while alters are usually __________________
passive/depressed; controlling/hostile
__________________ is common in DID (usually anxiety, depression, and DID)
Comorbidity
The primary cause of DID is usually
Childhood trauma (97% early trauma)
DID is dissociation as a __________________
coping mechanism
DID is an extreme subtype of
PTSD
The prevalence of DID is overall
unknown (estimated to be 1-2%)
DID was made popular through
movies
Created from leading questions from the therapist to suggestible individuals under hypnosis
Socio-cognitive model
Inability to recall personal information (not just forgetting)
Dissociative amnesia
Flight/travel with an inability to recall ones past
Fugue
Fugues can last
Hours to months (brief and prolonged)
Dissociative amnesia is usually caused by
Extreme stress
It is possible that alters are created in
response to questions asked by therapists
It is very possible that DID
is faked
DID and PTSD are connected because
They both usually result from a high stressful event that gives strong emotional reactions
a personality trait distributed normally across the population, much like weight and height
suggestibility
More suggestible people might have a (higher/lower) chance of developing DID
Higher
