PSY 3171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Insomnia, Phantom Limb, Derealization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3171
• Professor: Mark Coates

Document Summary

Dissociative disorders: dissociation means disruption of the usual functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception, not all dissociation is pathological (daydreaming, time passing while driving, dsm-5 diagnoses, dissociative amnesia. Lifetime prevalence of <0. 2: memory for non-personal information is usually intact, memory usually returns within a few days, but can be chronic, subtypes of amnesia. 1800, suggesting it is a culturally bound syndrome: malingered (faked) amnesia is probably common, dsm criteria assume mind/body dualism. Note: in children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play: one personality is considered to be the host, while others are the. alters: alters may differ from the host in age, gender, allergies, brain functioning (e. g. : eeg patterns, average number appears to be 13 to 16 (but the number can range up to. Lifetime prevalence of the disorder is unknown: depersonalization occurs in other mental illnesses (it is only a disorder when it is persistent or recurrent)