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Chapter 6
Abnormal
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
09/21/2015

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depersonalization/derealization disorder
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dissociative disorder in which feelings of depersonalization are so severe they dominate the client's life and prevent normal functioning
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derealization
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situation in which the individual loses a sense of the reality of the external world
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dissociative amnesia
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featuring the inability to recall personal information, usually of a stressful or traumatic nature
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generalized amnesia
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loss of memory of all personal information, including identity
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localized/selective amnesia
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memory loss limited to specific times and events, particularly traumatic events
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dissociative fugue
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type of dissociative amnesia featuring sudden, unexpected travel away from home, along with an inability to recall the past, sometimes with assumption of a new identity
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dissociative identity disorder (DID)
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formerly known as multiple personality disorder; a disorder in which as many as 100 personalities or fragments of personalities coexist within one body and mind
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dissociative trance disorder
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altered state of consciousness in which people firmly believe they are posessed by spirts; considered a disorder only where there is distress and dysfunction
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alters
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shorthand term for alter egos, the different personalities or identities in DID
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