Depersonalization - Derealization Disorder Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Fugue Dissociative Identity Disorder Normal Dissociation Amnesia Partial DID Poly-Fragmented DID Fugue Complex DID Clinical Description Primary Features – Depersonalization – Derealization Impairs Functioning Causes Significant Distress Runs a Chronic Course Clinical Description Generalized – Unable to Remember Anything Localized or Selective – Failure to Recall Specific Events – more common form Clinical Description Memory Loss – Specific Incident Go to Another Location – Unaware “How They Arrived” May Assume New Identity; partial disintegration of identity Fugue Usually Ends Abruptly Clinical Description Differs Across Cultures – Sudden Changes in Personality often attributed to Possession by Spirit – may not be abnormal Often Related to Trauma Females > Males Clinical Description Formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder May Adopt 100 Identities – “Alters” – The Nature of Alters Person’s Identity is Dissociated Central Features Host Identity – One Who Asks for Treatment – Attempt to Hold Alters Together A Switch – Abrupt Change in Personalities – Usually Instantaneous Facts and Statistics Average Number of Alters? – 15 Females > Males (9:1) Onset in Childhood – Linked to Extreme Abuse Runs a Chronic Course Causes Unspeakable Childhood Abuse – 97% of Cases – Escape Into Fantasy World – Become Someone Else – Do What It Takes to Survive DID as a Means of Coping? Other Related Features Suggestibility Hypnotizability – Similar to Dissociation Are These Related to DID? Abuse: Controversial Issues False vs. Real Memories Do Therapists Plant Memories? Can False Memories be Created? – Elizabeth Loftus – associative memory illusion Treatment Dissociative Amnesia & Fugue – Usually Improve on Their Own – Stress Reduction and Coping Dissociative Identity Disoder – No Controlled Research – Treatments are Similar to PTSD