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3 general characteristics of Dissociative Disorders … Sudden disruption in the continuity of?

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  1. Consciousness
  2. Memory
  3. Identity
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the inability to recall important PERSONAL INFORMATION

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Dissociative Amnesia

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The CONSCIOUS recall of experiences

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Explicit Memory

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Suddenly leaves home and work and assumes a new identity ; “flight”

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Fugue

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Person’s perception of the self or surroundings is disconcertingly and disruptively altered

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Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder

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Refers to the sensation that world has become UNREAL

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Derealization

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This is when a person has at least 2 PERSONALITIES, ALTERS - different modes of being, thinking, feeling, and acting that exists independently of one another and that EMERGE AT DIFFERENT TIMES

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Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Dissociative Disorders involve the massive use of REPRESSION, resulting in the splitting off from consciousness of unacceptable impulses and painful memories, typically involving parental abuse

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Psychodynamic Views in Dissociative Disorders

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Dissociation in the form of DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA and FUGUES as a LEARNED RESPONSE involving the behavior of psychologically distancing oneself from disturbing memories or emotions

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Social - Cognitive Theory on Dissociative Disorders

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There is some evidence of smaller Hippocampal and Amygdala volume in patients with DID compared with “Normals”

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Biological Contributions

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People who are prone to FANTASIZE, are highly hypnotizable, and are open to altered states of consciousness, may be more likely than others to develop dissociative experiences in the face on a TRAUMATIC ABUSE

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Diathesis - Stress Model

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Severe PHYSICAL or SEXUAL abuse during childhood sets the stage for DID

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Post Traumatic Model

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Alters appear in response to suggestions by therapists, exposure to media reports of DID, or other cultural influences

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Sociocognitive Model

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This is the excessive concerns about PHYSICAL symptoms or HEALTH

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Somatic Symptom Disorders

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One or MORE Somatic Symptoms that are distressing or result in significant disruption in daily life

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Complex Somatic Symptom Disorder

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Preoccupation with fears of having a serious disease despite having no significant somatic symptoms

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Illness Anxiety Disorder

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Sudden development of NEUROLOGICAL symptoms

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Functional Neurological Disorder

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A person intentionally fakes a symptom to AVOID responsibility

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Malingering Disorder

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People intentionally produce a physical symptom to assume the role of a patient

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Factitious Disorder