PSYC 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue State, Depersonalization Disorder
18 Dec 2013
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Characterized by disturbances in the experience of: Escape from anxieties and conflicts aroused by stress. Sudden, temporary alterations of consciousness which serve to blot out painful experiences. Normative: absorbed in films, wandering mind, daydreaming. Pathological: profound inaccessibility of memory, loss of sense of self, numbing, detachment. Sense of being cut off or detached from one"s self. If fleeting reactions to a severe stressor, little, if any, psychiatric impairment concern. Sudden loss of memory for personally important information. Generalized amnesia: total loss of memory for a person"s entire life. Localized or selective amnesia: loss of memory for a distinct period of time, usually the few hours immediately after a specific trauma, and/or, memory for only some of the events surrounding a trauma; the remainder are forgotten. A person suddenly leaves home or work and travels to a new location. While in a fugue, may adopt a new identity, or be confused about previous identity.
