Dissociative disorders
... the loss of identity and travel to a new location • From the DSM-IV: • Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or one's customary place of work, with inability to recall one's past, • Confusion about personal identity, or the assumption of a new identity, or significant distress or impairment. http ...
... the loss of identity and travel to a new location • From the DSM-IV: • Sudden, unexpected travel away from home or one's customary place of work, with inability to recall one's past, • Confusion about personal identity, or the assumption of a new identity, or significant distress or impairment. http ...
Dissociative Disorders
... personality disorder) is a rare, dramatic, and controversial disorder characterized by the existence of two or more distinct personalities within one person. a. The original personality is unaware of other personalities, but they are conscious of the original personality and often of each other. ...
... personality disorder) is a rare, dramatic, and controversial disorder characterized by the existence of two or more distinct personalities within one person. a. The original personality is unaware of other personalities, but they are conscious of the original personality and often of each other. ...
Dissociative Amnesia
... event at all. (May not recall any details for a few days.) • Selective amnesia – the person has patchy or incomplete memories of the traumatic event. • Generalized amnesia – the person has trouble remembering the details of ...
... event at all. (May not recall any details for a few days.) • Selective amnesia – the person has patchy or incomplete memories of the traumatic event. • Generalized amnesia – the person has trouble remembering the details of ...
Dissociative Disorders
... • We just don’t know much about these disorders • Worse yet, there are major disputes regarding risk factors and treatment • Another reason arises from their scarcity • One in a thousand? • Even less? ...
... • We just don’t know much about these disorders • Worse yet, there are major disputes regarding risk factors and treatment • Another reason arises from their scarcity • One in a thousand? • Even less? ...
Multiple Personality Disorder
... things that aren’t there and believe things that aren’t true, often tied into a complex, irrational belief system. They do not have multiple identities or personalities. People with DID do not have delusion beliefs, outside of their multiple personalities or identities. The only voices they hear or ...
... things that aren’t there and believe things that aren’t true, often tied into a complex, irrational belief system. They do not have multiple identities or personalities. People with DID do not have delusion beliefs, outside of their multiple personalities or identities. The only voices they hear or ...
Module 69 - Dissociative Disorders
... • Norma has frequent memory gaps and cannot account for her whereabouts during certain periods of time. While being interviewed by a clinical psychologist, she began speaking in a childlike voice. She claimed that her name was Donna and that she was only six years old. Moments later, she seemed to r ...
... • Norma has frequent memory gaps and cannot account for her whereabouts during certain periods of time. While being interviewed by a clinical psychologist, she began speaking in a childlike voice. She claimed that her name was Donna and that she was only six years old. Moments later, she seemed to r ...
Dissociative Identity Disorder
... Tony is diagnosed with D.I.D. He has at least 53 known personal identities. Richard and DD are two specific named identities. Tony can’t remember what happens when the other identities take control. Here we ...
... Tony is diagnosed with D.I.D. He has at least 53 known personal identities. Richard and DD are two specific named identities. Tony can’t remember what happens when the other identities take control. Here we ...
Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
... distinctive symptom of Conversion Disorder seemingly inappropriate lack of concern over one’s condition very accepting of their infirmity ...
... distinctive symptom of Conversion Disorder seemingly inappropriate lack of concern over one’s condition very accepting of their infirmity ...
Dissociative, Personality, and Somatoform Disorders
... Personality Disorders- Disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. They usually occur without anxiety, depression, or delusions. These personalities are the extreme compared to normal variation and some say are a result of failure to establish ...
... Personality Disorders- Disorders characterized by inflexible and enduring behavior patterns that impair social functioning. They usually occur without anxiety, depression, or delusions. These personalities are the extreme compared to normal variation and some say are a result of failure to establish ...
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... • a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past (amnesia plus flight); lasts for days to decades; when individual comes out of fugue, he/she has no memory of the fugue period. ...
... • a person suddenly and unexpectedly travels away from home or work and is unable to recall the past (amnesia plus flight); lasts for days to decades; when individual comes out of fugue, he/she has no memory of the fugue period. ...
Dissociative identity disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder (MPD), is a mental disorder on the dissociative spectrum characterized by the appearance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behavior, accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness. These symptoms are not accounted for by substance abuse, seizures, other medical conditions, nor by imaginative play in children. Diagnosis is often difficult as there is considerable comorbidity with other mental disorders. Malingering should be considered if there is possible financial or forensic gain, as well as factitious disorder if help-seeking behavior is prominent.DID is one of the most controversial psychiatric disorders, with no clear consensus on diagnostic criteria or treatment. Research on treatment efficacy has been concerned primarily with clinical approaches and case studies. Dissociative symptoms range from common lapses in attention, becoming distracted by something else, and daydreaming, to pathological dissociative disorders. No systematic, empirically-supported definition of ""dissociation"" exists. It is not the same as schizophrenia.Although neither epidemiological surveys nor longitudinal studies have been conducted, it is generally believed that DID rarely resolves spontaneously. Symptoms are said to vary over time. In general, the prognosis is poor, especially for those with comorbid disorders. There are few systematic data on the prevalence of DID. The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation states that the prevalence is between 1 and 3% in the general population, and between 1 and 5% in inpatient groups in Europe and North America. DID is diagnosed more frequently in North America than in the rest of the world, and is diagnosed three to nine times more often in females than in males. The prevalence of DID diagnoses increased greatly in the latter half of the 20th century, along with the number of identities (often referred to as ""alters"") claimed by patients (increasing from an average of two or three to approximately 16). DID is also controversial within the legal system, where it has been used as a rarely successful form of the insanity defense. The 1990s showed a parallel increase in the number of court cases involving the diagnosis.Dissociative disorders including DID have been attributed to disruptions in memory caused by trauma and other forms of stress, but research on this hypothesis has been characterized by poor methodology. So far, scientific studies, usually focusing on memory, have been few and the results have been inconclusive. An alternative hypothesis for the etiology of DID is as a by-product of techniques employed by some therapists, especially those using hypnosis, and disagreement between the two positions is characterized by intense debate. DID became a popular diagnosis in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, but it is unclear if the actual rate of the disorder increased, if it was more recognized by health care providers, or if sociocultural factors caused an increase in therapy-induced (iatrogenic) presentations. The unusual number of diagnoses after 1980, clustered around a small number of clinicians and the suggestibility characteristic of those with DID, support the hypothesis that DID is therapist-induced. The unusual clustering of diagnoses has also been explained as due to a lack of awareness and training among clinicians to recognize cases of DID.