Dissociative Disorders
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Dissociative disorders exist as a range of severity. Neither the DSM manual for mental disorders, nor the ICD-10 of the World Health Organization equivalent provides a comprehensive definition of dissociation, instead they include descriptions of the ‘‘essential features’’ or the ‘‘common theme’’ of each the dissociative disorder. [1] The DSM-5 (published May 18th 2013) made minor changes to the classifications of dissociative disorders. [1]
The main dissociative disorders are:
- Dissociative amnesia (now including Dissociative fugue)
- Depersonalization disorder (now including derealization) [1]
- Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (was DDNOS /dissociative disorder not otherwise specified / Mixed or other dissociative (conversion) disorders
- Dissociative identity disorder with including pathological possession trance"periods of absence-like staring and unresponsiveness; well documented in severely dissociative people for over 100 years"{{Rp|229}} (PPT)[1]/multiple personality disorder from the (ICD)
- Unspecified Dissociative Disorder which is a temporary diagnostic category