PSYCH 2AP3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-8: Amitriptyline, Fluoxetine, Cognitive Therapy
14 Feb 2017
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Prevalence has not changed, but clinicians unknowingly encourage the emergence of new identities. Brains of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s w did support the assertion that did is a real disorder. Derealisation: sense of the reality of the world is lost. When feelings of unreality are so severe that they dominate an individuals life and prevent normal functioning. May feel like they are an outside observer of his own body. People who are unable to remember anything, including who they are, have generalized amnesia. People who cannot recall specific events, usually traumatic, that occur during a specific period have localized amnesia. Dissociative fuge: memory loss revolves around a specific incident, an unexpected trip: mostly people leave and find themselves in a new place, unable to know why or how they got there. Often in amok states, become aggressive and may even kill people and will not remember the episodes later.
