Dissociative disorders (DD) are conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity or perception. People with dissociative disorders use dissociation, a defense mechanism, pathologically and involuntarily. Dissociative disorders are thought to primarily be caused by psychological trauma. The dissociative disorders lis...
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(from the article `memory abnormality`) ...also studied people who had lost memory of extensive periods in the past, also without evidence of organic disorder. He was led to regard these ... Dissociation is said to occur when one or more mental processes (such as memory or identity) are split off, or dissociated, from the rest of the .....
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disorder in which there is a disturbance in the normal integration or awareness of identity, conscio
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n] - dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
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A disorder marked by a separation from or interruption of a person’s fundamental aspects of waking consciousness, such as personal identity or personal history. The dissociative aspect in any form is thought to be a coping mechanism stemming from trauma of some kind. The individual literally dissociates or separates from a situation or experience...
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noun dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down
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A personality disorder marked by a disturbance in the integration of identity, memory, or consciousness.
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a mental disorder, as multiple personality, characterized by sudden temporary alteration in consciousness, identity, or motor behavior.
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