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dissociative disorder
Etiology:
- often a reaction to trauma
Pathology:
- disorders that involve a disconnection between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions & identity
- patients escape of reality is involuntary, unhealthy & interfere with function
- may involve amnesia or altered identity
Specific
depersonalization; derealization; dissociative neurological symptom disorder
dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue
dissociative identity disorder (DID); multiple personality disorder
General
psychiatric disease; behavioral disorder
chronic mental disorder
References
- Mayo Clinic
Dissociative disorders
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dissociative-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20355215
- Wikipedia: Dissociativedisorder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder
- Cleveland Clinic
Dissociative Disorders
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/17749-dissociative-disorders
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Dissociative Disorders
https://www.nami.org/About-Mental-Illness/Mental-Health-Conditions/Dissociative-Disorders