DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS UNIT 6 DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS DISORDERS IN

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS UNIT 6

DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS • DISORDERS IN WHICH CONSCIOUS AWARENESS BECOMES SEPARATED (DISSOCIATED) FROM PREVIOUS MEMORIES, THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.

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).

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

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.

DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER • A RARE DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER IN WHICH A PERSON EXHIBITS TWO OR MORE DISTINCT AND ALTERNATING PERSONALITIES. • ALSO KNOWN AS MULTIPLE PERSONALITY

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

TABLE TALK • DESCRIBE THE FOLLOWING DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS IN DETAIL: • 1. DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA • 2. DISSOCIATIVE FUGUE • 3. DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER • 4. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER