Dissociative Disorders

Question 1

Dissociative amnesia

Answer 1

Autobiographical memory loss not due to other conditions

Question 2

Dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue

Answer 2

This specifier is used when dissociative amnesia is associated with traveling/wandering away from home

Question 3

Dissociative identity disorder

Answer 3

Autobiographical memory loss with evidence of 2 or more distinct personality states (a primary and at least 1 alternate that manifests during amnestic periods)

Question 4

Depersonalization

Answer 4

Perception of unreality/detachment with respect to oneself

Question 5

Derealization

Answer 5

Perception of unreality/detachment with respect to one’s surroundings