Exam 9: Dissociative Disorders

Which of the following specifiers apply to dissociative amnesia?

Formerly known as psychogenic amnesia, dissociative fugue disorder is a reversible condition.

Boris Kluski has occasionally felt a sensation of being detached from his surroundings. He tells the social worker that he feels as if he were "in a dream" during these times. Boris' feelings of unreality most commonly occur when he is feeling overtired. What is the most likely diagnosis to consider for Boris?

In a person diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, a "switch" can be characterized in all of the following situations except when:

All dissociative experiences are viewed as pathological.

Those individuals with dissociative identity disorder most often spontaneously improve without any form of professional treatment.

A positive dissociative symptom can be seen as all of the following except:

Generalized amnesia is the most common form of dissociative amnesia.

Dissociative amnesia most often involves the following types of amnesia except:

Fugue states do not generally appear until early adolescence but they more commonly occur in adulthood.

A young woman was found on the beach wandering aimlessly. She appeared to be battered and bruised as evidenced by blood on her torn clothes. She had no identification and when taken to the sexual assault trauma center, the social worker noted that this young woman had no memory of herself or her past. What is the most likely disorder for the social worker to consider for this young woman?

When making a competency-based assessment of depersonalization disorder, the practitioner should not consider this diagnosis unless the symptoms are persistent, recurrent, or they seriously impair the client's functioning.

Dissociative disorder is often misconstrued as being a thought disorder, for example schizophrenia.

A less common form of dissociative amnesia, this disorder encompasses a loss of memory that includes all the experiences during the person's entire life from infancy to the present time. This is known as:

Individuals with certain neurological disorders, particularly seizure disorders, experience an increase of dissociative features.

Lila Wartzenager occasionally has sensations of being detached from her surroundings, "It's as if I am living in a dream," she says. This feeling of unreality almost always occurs when she is overtired. Lila is experiencing symptoms of:

Ataque de Nervios features uncontrollable crying, shouting, screaming, and lasts for a brief period of time. It is perceived to be adaptive within specific cultures.

Dissociative disorders can also include amnestic disorders.

Gaps in recall of everyday life events is not considered a criterion for definitions of amnesia in dissociative identity disorder.

Alters are distinct personalities with unique memories, attitudes, habits and personal histories that are clearly apart from the "host" individual.