Mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states that recurrently take control of behavior.
Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A type of dissociative disorder that consists of persistent or recurrent episodes of depersonalization (feeling detached or disconnected from oneself) and/or derealization (experiencing the world as unreal, dreamlike, distant, or distorted).
Dissociative Amnesia: A type of dissociative disorder that involves inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting. It is usually caused by trauma or stress.
AP Psychology - 8.1 Introduction to Psychological Disorders
AP Psychology - 8.5 Trauma- and Stressor Related, Dissociative, and Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders
AP Psychology - Unit 8 Overview: Clinical Psychology
How did Freud's theory influence our current understanding of dissociative disorders?
What is the main ethical issue surrounding misdiagnosis in dissociative disorders?
Which best describes how dissociative disorders often develop?
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