| Dissociative Disorders
Three major types of Dissociative Disorders
are:
Dissociative Amnesia (Amnesia or
Psychogenic Amnesia)
- inability to recall important personal
information
- distress
- impairment in social, occupational and
other functions
- intact cognitive abilities
- episode lasts less
several hours or several months, and can disappear in the same
suddenness in which it appeared.
- trauma related
Dissociative Fugue (Fugue or
Psychogenic Fugue)
- sudden, unexpected travel away from home
- loss of memory of important personal
information
- confusion about personal identity
assuming a new identity
- distress
- impairment in social, occupational and
other functions
Dissociative Identity Disorder
(Multiple Personality Disorder)
- presence of 2 or more distinct
personality states of identities. Each identity with it's unique
cognitive patterns, of perceiving, thinking and functioning styles
- each personality has it's own memories,
hand writing, voice, medical problems and even different brain
waves.
- history of severe childhood trauma and
abuse
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