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    Sohaib Tahir (15-10118) Psychology Presentation Dissociative Amnesia and Fugue‚ Identity disorder Dissociative Amnesia: Dissociative amnesia‚ formerly called psychogenic amnesia‚ is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ mental functions that normally operate smoothly. When one or more of these functions is disrupted‚ symptoms

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    Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID‚ is a severe form of dissociation‚ a mental process which produces a lack connections between someone’s memories‚ feelings‚ thoughts‚ actions‚ and their sense of identity (Chakraburtty‚ 2009). The dissociative part is thought to be a way of coping. The person dissociates themselves from a situation or experience that can be too violent‚ painful‚ or traumatic to assimilate with their conscious self (Chakraburtty‚ 2009). Dissociative

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    Although dissociative identity disorder (formerly called multiple personality disorder) is extremely rare and difficult to diagnose‚ it seems to be awfully popular with numerous Hollywood interpretations. The Three Faces of Eve does a fairly admirable job of conveying the disorder even though information defining the illness was (and still is) limited at the time the movie was made. Eve White‚ Eve Black‚ and Jane‚ all played by Joanne Woodward‚ had distinct personalities. Eve White was the quiet

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    experiences episodes of Dissociative identity disorder. However‚ in the film‚ she was diagnosed with its former name multiple personality disorder. Faces of Eve is based on a true story of women in the 1920s to 50s who had at least 3 different personalities that would come with certain triggers. Someone diagnosed with Dissociative identity disorder is the presence of two or more distant personality. Each personality has it own name and characteristics. People with this disorder may do self-harm‚ experience

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    sympathy‚ or to excuse bad behavior. Let’s take a look at this personality disorder only affecting 1% of our population that is extremely rare‚ but quite real and often misunderstood. Picture waking up feeling disconnected from your body. You have no idea where you are and how you got there. A different home‚ city and surroundings. Feeling as if you are a stranger in your own body. This is how someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder feels like each time another personality reveals itself.

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    Psychology The effects of substance abuse on Dissociative Identity Disorder “For a variety of reasons there has been little dialogue among the disciplines that study patients with trauma and those that study and treat substance abuse. Little systematic investigation exists on the treatment of DID in general‚ and substance abuse in DID in particular” (1). Dissociative Identity Disorder is defined in Essentials of Abnormal Psychology as “a disorder in which as many as 100 personalities or fragments

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    A person suffering from a dissociative identity disorder has two or more separate identities or personality states (Coon & Mitterer‚ 2009). In the movie Mr. Brooks‚ Earl Brooks is a wealthy‚ successful businessman who recently was honored as "Man of the Year." Brooks is also a serial killer‚ known as the "Thumbprint Killer" by the police. He is encouraged by his id‚ manifested as an alter ego who he refers to as Marshall‚ whom only Brooks can see or hear. Marshall loves to kill‚ and even talking

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    Questionable Aspects of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder Few psychiatric diagnoses have garnered as much controversy as that of Dissociative Identity Disorder‚ or DID. The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) defines the disorder‚ formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder‚ as the existence of “two or more distinct identities within the individual” (as cited by Elzinga‚ van Dyck‚ & Spinhoven‚ 1998). Elzinga et

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    Dissociative Disorders 1.What are Dissociative Disorders? a.Conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory‚ awareness‚ identity and/or perception. b.People with dissociative disorders chronically escape their reality in involuntary‚ unhealthy ways ranging from suppressing memories to assuming alternate identities.   2.The three types of Dissociative Disorders a.Dissociative Amnesia b.Dissociative Identity Disorder c.Dissociative Fugue   3.Signs and Symptoms a.Symptoms

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    Nursing Care for Dissociative Indentity Disorder Santosh Baral Nursing Care for Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Dissociative identity disorder is a common mental disorder. American Psychiatric Association (2000) defines DID as‚ "presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states that recurrently take control of the individual’s behaviour‚ accompanied by an inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness"

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