Describe the general characteristics of the dissociative disorders: dissociative amnesia, (including dissociative fugue), and dissociative identity disorder.
Dissociative amnesia: General characteristics
*It is a memory disorder.
*Person suffers from sudden retrograde episodic memory loss.
*Episodic memory loss can persist from a few hours to years.
*It also causes a breakdown of awareness, identity, and perception.
Dissociative fugue: General characteristics
*Also called psychogenic fugue.
*Person loses awareness of their identity.
*They find themselves at any place with no memory of how they reach there.
Dissociative identity disorder: General characteristics
*It is a multiple personality disorder.
*A person suffering from this have at least two distinct personality states.
*A person also suffers from remembering certain events.
*A person may have self-destructive behavior.
*Mood swing is common in such people.
Describe the general characteristics of the dissociative disorders: dissociative amnesia, (including dissociative fugue), and dissociative identity...
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