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