1. Dissociative Disorders
UNIT 6

2. Dissociative Disorders
DISORDERS IN WHICH CONSCIOUS AWARENESS BECOMES SEPARATED (DISSOCIATED) FROM PREVIOUS MEMORIES, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

3. Dissociative Amnesia
THIS DISORDER IS CHARACTERIZED BY A BLOCKING OUT OF CRITICAL PERSONAL INFORMATION
USUALLY AFTER A TRAUMATIC OR STRESSFUL EVENT
DOES NOT RESULT FROM OTHER MEDICAL TRAUMA (E.G. A BLOW TO THE HEAD).

4. Dissociative Fugue
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE HAVE TRAVELED OVER THOUSANDS OF MILES.
- An individual in a fugue state is unaware of or confused about their identity, and in some cases will assume a new identity

5. Depersonalization Disorder
IS MARKED BY A FEELING OF DETACHMENT OR DISTANCE FROM ONE'S OWN EXPERIENCE, BODY, OR SELF.
- One can easily relate to feeling as they in a dream, or being "spaced out."
- A person's experience with depersonalization can be so severe that he or she believes the external world is unreal or distorted.

6. Dissociative Identity Disorder
A RARE DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON EXHIBITS TWO OR MORE DISTINCT AND ALTERNATING PERSONALITIES.
Also known as multiple personality disorder.

7. Etiology
PSYCHOANALYTIC MODEL EXPLAINS REPRESSED MEMORIES AND INFORMATION
BEHAVIORAL MODEL SUGGESTS IT IS A REINFORCED BEHAVIOR.
MALINGERING, MAY BE CREATED IN THE THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT.

8. Table Talk DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS IN DETAIL:
1. DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA
2. DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE
3. DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER
4. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER