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Solutions For Abnormal Psychology Chapter 5 Problem 18TY

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Dissociative disorder it is a disorder of multiple areas of the mental functioning. It disturbs the normal functioning of memory, identity, perception and consciousness. it can be happen in mild state in our daily life when we engage in reading a book or daydream and lose track of surroundings.

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Dissociative disorder is of three types

• Dissociative identity disorder

• Dissociative amnesia

• Depersonalization/ derealization disorder

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is also called multiple personality disorder. This means that the individual behaves in two or more distinct personality states. This is also characterized by inability to recall personal information. The alternative identities are very different from the original character.

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This may be caused by extreme sexual and physical abuse by their loved ones or by schizophrenia. The interaction of biological, social and environmental factors is called the biopsychosocial model.

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Iatrogenic disease is the one that is developed by the therapy itself. Sociocultural model postulates that DID is developed using the cues from the media, therapists and by seeing the one who is having this disorder.

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