PY 358 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Exposure Therapy, Cognitive Restructuring, Psychogenic Amnesia
22 Mar 2016
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Definition- a set of disorders characterized by disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of the environment (cid:1) Identity alteration (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Both deal with the inability to recall important information. Amnesia occurs after a medical condition or event. A disorder involving loss of personal identity and memory, often involving a flight from a person"s usual place of residence (cid:1) Associated with physical or mental traumas, depression, or legal problems (cid:1) Most likely to seek treatment after the realization of loss of identity or memory or if approached by the police (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Formerly called multiple personality disorder (not to be confused w/ schizophrenia) (cid:1) A presence w/in a person of 2 or more distinct personality states, each w/ its own pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)
