Dissociative disorder/Related Articles

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Dissociative disorder: A class of diagnoses that involve a disruption of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. [e]

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Parent topics

  • Consciousness [r]: Sense of awareness of self and of the environment. [e]
  • Memory [r]: The cognitive processes that lead to the retaining and recalling of past experience. [e]

Subtopics

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The presence of two or more distinct personality states that alternate control over a person's behaviour. [e]

  • Multiple personality disorder [r]: A dissociative disorder in which the individual adopts two or more distinct personalities. Each personality is a fully integrated and complex unit with memories, behavior patterns and social friendships. Transition from one personality to another is sudden. [e]
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