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

More general terms

• psychiatric disease; behavioral disorder
• chronic mental disorder

More specific terms

• depersonalization; derealization; dissociative neurological symptom disorder
• dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue
• dissociative identity disorder (DID); multiple personality disorder

Patient information

dissociative disorder patient information