Introduction: Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative Disorders: Dissociative disorders refer to disorders where the person dissociates or becomes separate from themselves or their identity. This group of disorders is not the same as psychotic disorders, which are more about loss of touch with reality in terms of delusions and paranoia, rather than loss of touch with themselves. However, it is possible to have dissociative symptoms as part of a psychotic disorder such schizophrenia, or also in major depression.

Conditions list: The list of conditions in the Dissociative Disorders group includes:

• Dissociative Amnesia
• Dissociative Identity Disorder - previously called "multiple personality disorder"
• Dissociative Fugue
• Depersonalization disorder
• Dissociative disorder NOS

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Statistics and Dissociative Disorders: Various sources and calculations are available in statistics about Dissociative Disorders, and you can also research other medical statistics in our statistics center.

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