PSY 3171 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Psychogenic Amnesia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State
24 Jan 2020
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Chapter 6: dissociative disorders are characterized by severe maladaptive disruptions or alterations of identity, memory and consciousness. Dissociative amnesia; inability to recall important personal information. Five types of memory loss- localized amnesia, selective amnesia, generalized amnesia, continuous amnesia and systemized amnesia. Dissociative identity disorder; presence of two or more personalities. Each of the personalities is distinct and has different memories, personal histories and mannerisms. Diagnosed 3-9 times more frequently in women than in men. Suicidal thoughts and attempt are very common in people with did. Depersonalization/derealization disorder; feeling of being detached from oneself and one"s physical and social environment. Symptoms must be persistent and cause considerable impairment or distress to be diagnosed. The trauma model (derived from the stress-diathesis theory) argues that dissociative disorders are a result of severe childhood trauma, sexual/physical/emotional abuse and personality traits that predispose the individual to employ dissociation as a defence mechanism or coping strategy.
