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Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders. Mr. Koch Psychology Forest Lake High School. Dissociative Disorders. Sudden loss of memory or identity Removing oneself from stressful urges or experiences. Dissociative Amnesia. Loss of memory – usually following traumatic event Vanishes as abruptly as it began

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Dissociative Disorders

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  1. Dissociative Disorders Mr. Koch Psychology Forest Lake High School

  2. Dissociative Disorders • Sudden loss of memory or identity • Removing oneself from stressful urges or experiences

  3. Dissociative Amnesia • Loss of memory – usually following traumatic event • Vanishes as abruptly as it began • Lasts for hours, years • Caused by psychological distress (not head trauma or intoxication)

  4. Dissociative Fugue • Loss of memory and relocation with new identity • Following traumatic event • “Awakening”… don’t remember fugue

  5. Depersonalization • Detachment from one’s body • “out of body experience”

  6. Dissociative Identity Disorder (D.I.D.) • Formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) • Development of 2 or more personalities within the same person • Often a response to childhood trauma • Most are women • Suspicion: • 3x more cases since 1970 than previous 150 years • Uncommon outside North America

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