Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, DID

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Dissociative amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, DID

• ByRoger Ibarra
• Brandon Fuentes
• Tawhid Akbar
• Michael Ditamo
• Allison Lafferty
• Gustov Sjobeck

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Dissociative amnesia Sympotoms

• The predominant disturbance is one ore more
  episodes of inability to recall important
  personal information usually of a traumatic or
  stressful nature that is too extensive to be
  explained by ordinary forgetfulness
• The disturbance does not occur exclusively during
  the course of Dissociative Identity Disorder,
  Dissociative Fugue, Posttraumatic Stress
  Disorder, Acute Stress Disorder, or Somatization
  Disorder and is not due to the direct
  physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a
  drug abuse, a medication) or a neurological or
  other general medical condition )e.g. Amnestic
  Disorder Due to Head Trauma).
• The symptoms cause clinically significant
  distress or impairment in social, occupational,
  or other important areas of functioning.

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Dissociative amnesia causes

• Dissociative amnesia has been linked to
  overwhelming stress, which might be the result of
  traumatic eventssuch as war, abuse, accidents or
  disastersthat the person has experienced or
  witnessed. There also might be a genetic link to
  the development of dissociative disorders,
  including dissociative amnesia, since people with
  these disorders usually have close relatives who
  have had similar conditions.

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Dissociative amnesia treatment

• Psychotherapy is the primary treatment for
  dissociative disorders. This form of therapy,
  also known as talk therapy, counseling or
  psychosocial therapy, involves talking about your
  disorder and related issues with a mental health
  provider. Your therapist will work to help you
  understand the cause of your condition and to
  form new ways of coping with stressful
  circumstances. Psychotherapy for dissociative
  disorders often involves techniques, such as
  hypnosis, that help you remember and work through
  the trauma that triggered your dissociative
  symptoms. The course of your psychotherapy may be
  long and painful, but this treatment approach
  often is very effective in treating dissociative
  disorders.
• Other Dissociative disorder treatment may
  include
• Creative art therapy.
• Cognitive therapy.
• Medication. Although there are no medications
  that specifically treat Dissociative disorders,
  your doctor may prescribe antidepressants,
  anti-anxiety medications or tranquilizers to help
  control the mental health symptoms associated
  with Dissociative disorders

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Dissociative Fugue Symptoms

• DSM IV
• The predominant disturbance is sudden, unexpected
  travel away from home or ones customary place of
  work, with inability to recall ones past.
• Confusion about personal identity or assumption
  of a new identity (partial or complete)
• The disturbance does not occur exclusively during
  the course of Dissociative Identity Disorder and
  is not due to the direct physiological effects of
  a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, a medication)
  or a general medical condition (e.g. temporal
  lobe epilepsy).
• The symptoms cause clinically significant
  distress or impairment in social, occupation, or
  other important areas of functioning.
• SYMPTOMS
• Rare cases the person affected may take on new
  identities, trying to relieve themselves from the
  past events that had occurred.
• Confusion/distress
• Amnesia (of their previous identity)
• Inability to recall past events or even loved
  ones
• Forgetfulness of important information beyond
  regular forgetfulness

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Dissociative Fugue Causes

• CAUSES
• Associated with severe stress and (or) trauma.
• NOT CAUSES!!!
• Physical trauma (such as a hit to the head)
• Drugs or alcohol
• Any other physiological means

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Dissociative Fugue Treatment

• Therapy
• Psychotherapy
• Hypnosis is helpful for it allows relief from
  stressful memories, and heal for a healthy future.

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Dissociative Identity Disorder(DID) Symptoms

• The presence of two or more distinct identities
  or personality states (each with its own
  relatively enduring pattern of perceiving,
  relating to, and thinking about the environment
  and self).
• At least two of these identities or personality
  states recurrently take control of the persons
  behavior.
• Inability to recall important personal
  information that is too extensive to be explained
  by ordinary forgetfulness.
• The disturbance is not due to the direct
  physiological effects of a substance (e.g.,
  blackouts or chaotic behavior during alcohol
  intoxication) or a general medical condition
  (e.g., complex partial seizures). Note In
  children the symptoms are not attributable or
  imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.

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DID Causes

• -It is seen by both psychoanalytic and learning
  perspectives that DID develops as a way for the
  mind to deal with anxiety.
• -Psychoanalysts view it as a defense against the
  anxiety caused by the eruption of unacceptable
  impulses, while learning theorists see it as more
  of a learned behavior because of the anxiety
  reduction.
• -Others view DID as a post-traumatic disorder,
  since 11 out of 12 were subject to severe
  childhood abuse.
• -Overall, multiple personalities appear to be the
  desperate efforts of the traumatized to detach
  from a horrific existence.

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DID Treatment

• -Oddly enough, Dissociative Identity Disorder is
  almost exclusive in North America, with other
  countries having distinctly lower percentages.
  DID is nearly nonexistent in countries like India
  and Japan.
• -Some skeptics believe that DID has become what
  is known as a cultural phenomenon- a disorder
  created by therapists in a particular social
  context.
• -Thus, DID may simply be the result of vulnerable
  patients beginning to live the fantasy that the
  therapist sets up for them, manufacturing the
  disorder when there really was not one in the
  first place.
• -One important question remains, however.
  Skeptics also wonder why children of the
  Holocaust, despite undergoing incredibly
  traumatic events, did not develop DID. This adds
  to the idea that the dissociative disorder may be
  the result of fantasy-prone patients.