Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Somatic Symptom Disorder, Fugue State

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

To avoid troubling thoughts, feelings or memories we remove it from our conscious awareness. As repression occurs the repression of self occurs and one loses track of their own personality. Patient unable to remember specific events, time in life, or identity. Just forget things for a period of time should eventually come back. Patient develops 2 or more separate identities that co-exist. Under stress patient switches from one identity to the other. At least 2 of these identities recurrently take control of behaviour. Amnesia for important personal data one personality has their own set of memories and the other cannot access. Normal educational background, 37% college, 88% high school education obtained. Max # of identities found = 60. Considerable co-morbidity other disorders or things associated: 90% depression, 70% mood swings (bi-polar, 30% hallucination, 60% conversion disorder: somatic symptom disorder do not feel body is working properly. May be aware that others exist (usually not)