1. Dissociative Disorders

2. Dissociative Disorders
= Disorders in which some aspect of the personality seems fragmented from the rest
Amnesia
Multiple Personality (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
Depersonalization Disorder

3. Amnesia = Loss of memory for past events Trauma? Injury?
Total amnesia is rare
Fugue = a state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.

4. (Multiple Personality Disorder) Dissociative Identity Disorder
Condition to which more than one personality seems present in a single person

5. (Multiple Personality Disorder) Dissociative Identity Disorder
Condition to which more than one personality seems present in a single person

6. Depersonalization Disorder
Condition in which a person feels unreal and unconnected to his or her body.
Distorted perception of the body – like being “outside” your body or in a dream