01:830:340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Derealization
25 Jul 2016
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Derealization- experiences of unreality of surroundings: symptoms are recurrent and persistent, people and objects seem distorted. Depersonalzation- experiences of detachment from one"s mental processes or body as though one is in a dream: feeling mechanical. Symptoms are not explained by substances, other dissociative disorders, or other psychological disorders. People who experience these often have a personality disorder, depression, or anxiety disorder. Dissociation- detachment from present circumstances: caused by stress or busy thinking about something. Pathological dissociation- may be due to lack of sleep: a defense mechanism to avoid painful circumstances, usually triggered by extreme stress, can be caused by drug abuse. Dissociative amnesia-partial/total inability to recall important information that is not due to a medical condition: often is the result of stress, trauma, or extremely distressing situations such as combat, marital problems, or physical abuse. Dissociative fugue- person appears normal but is amnesic about their identity: person wanders from state to state and sometimes establishes a new identity.
