Following are included in Dissociative disorder
A. Multiple personality disorderB. Fugue
C Hypochondriasis
D. Somatization disorder
E. OCD
Ans (A) Multiple personality disorder (B) Fugue
Dissociative disorders are characterized by
- Disturbance in the normally integrated functions of
consciousness, identity and/or memory
- Onset is sudden disturbance is temporary, and
recovery is often abrupt
- Often, there is a precipitating stress before the
onset There is a clear temporal relation between stressor and the onset of
illness
- A secondary gain.
- Physical examination and investigation s don’t
reveal any abnormality.
Following are the common clinical types
- Dissociative Amnesia
- Dissociative fugue
- Multiple personality disorder
- Trance and possession disorder
- Others e.g. Ganser’s syndrome (hysterical dementia
commonly found in prison inmates. The characteristic feature is vorbeireden
which is also called approximate The Answer is.s)
• Somatization disorder hypochondriasis are Somatoform
disorder
