PSYC 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Anterograde Amnesia, Fugue State
25 Sep 2018
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Lecture 11 Clinical psych
Dissociative Disorders
● Sudden, temporary disruption of consciousness, memory, identity
● Dissociation
○ feels disconnected from their immediate experiences
○ loss of memory or change in identity
○ generally following a stressful event
■ may serve as protection from extreme stress or shock
● Dissociative Amnesia
○ sudden inability to remember important info about self
○ may involve memory gap for specific traumatic event or long periods of time
■ retrograde amnesia- forget past up to certain point
■ anterograde amnesia- can’t form new memories
Dissociative Fugue
● completely forget personal identity but only temporarily
● unexpected travel; wandering around
● suddenly take on completely new identity, abandoning old one
Dissociative Identity Disorder (multiple personality disorder, that are really unique and
● Diagnosis and Symptoms
○ the same individual possesses two or more distinct personalities
○ each personality has unique memories, behaviors, and relationships
■ not accessible to other personalities
○ only one personality is dominant at a time
○ personality shifts occur under distress
● Etiology
○ mostly women
○ extraordinarily severe abuse in early childhood
■ often linked with childhood sexual abuse
Schizophrenia
● Pattern of serious symptoms involving severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception,
and behavior
○ Disordered thought
○ Off communication
○ Inappropriate emotion
○ Abnormal motor behavior
○ Social withdrawal
● Split from reality (psychotic)
○ “Split mind” but not DID
● Typically diagnosed in late adolescence / early adulthood
Etiology of Schizophrenia
● Biological factors
○ Genetic predisposition
○ Structural brain abnormalities
Document Summary
Sudden, temporary disruption of consciousness, memory, identity. Loss of memory or change in identity. May serve as protection from extreme stress or shock. Sudden inability to remember important info about self. May involve memory gap for specific traumatic event or long periods of time. Retrograde amnesia- forget past up to certain point. Completely forget personal identity but only temporarily. Suddenly take on completely new identity, abandoning old one. Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder, that are really unique and. The same individual possesses two or more distinct personalities. Each personality has unique memories, behaviors, and relationships. Only one personality is dominant at a time. Pattern of serious symptoms involving severely disturbed thinking, emotion, perception, and behavior. Typically diagnosed in late adolescence / early adulthood. Disturbances in thinking other people wouldn"t know) Neologisms: new, made-up words; only have meaning to individual (words that. Loose associations (making connections between two things that doesn"t really.
