Articles tagged: dissociative disorders
<< previous page 1 next page>> written by Corwin Brown Dissociative disorder is a disturbance in which the patient's primary symptom is a sense of detachment from the self. Depersonalization as a symptom (not as a disorder) is quite common in college-age populations. It is often associated with sleep deprivation or "recreational" drug use. written by peter hutch
Dissociative disorders are so-called because they are marked by a dissociation from or interruption of a person's fundamental aspects of waking consciousness (such as one's personal identity, one's personal history, etc.) written by peter hutch The dissociative aspect is thought to be a coping mechanism -- the person literally dissociates himself from a situation or experience too traumatic. written by peter hutch
Dissociative disorder is a disturbance in which the patient's primary symptom is a sense of detachment from the self. Depersonalization as a symptom (not as a disorder) is quite common in college-age populations written by peter hutch Dissociative disorder is a disturbance in which the patient's primary symptom is a sense of detachment from the self. << previous page 1 next page>> |