Chaper 7 (Trauma and Dissociation)

acute stress disorder

Severe reaction immediately following a terrifying event, often including amnesia about the event, emotional numbing, and derealization. Many victims later develop posttraumatic stress disorder.

adjustment disorder

Anxious or depressive reactions to life stress

Milder than PTSD/acute stress disorder but that are nevertheless imparing in terms of interfering with work or school performance, interpersonal relationships, or other areas of living

alters

Shorthand term for alter egos, the different personalities or identities in dissociative identity disorder

attachment disorders

developmentally inappropriate behaviors in which a child is unable or unwilling to form normal attachment relationships with caregiving adults

Depersonalization

term given to an alteration in perception that causes someone to temporarily lose the sense of their own reality

depersonalization-derealization disorder

dissociative disorder in which feelings of depersonalization are so severe they dominate the client's life and prevent normal functioning

derealization

Situation in which the individual loses his or her sense of the reality of the external world.

Disinhibted Social Engagement Disorder

situation in which a set of child-rearing circumstances result in a pattern of behaviour in which the child shows no inhibitions whatsoever to approaching adults

dissociative amnesia

Dissociative disorder characterized by the sudden and extensive inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature

dissociative disorders

disorders in which individuals feel detached from themselves or their surroundings, and reality, experience, and identity may disintegrate

dissociative fugue

featuring sudden, unexpected travel away from home, along with an inability to recall the past, sometimes with assumption of a new identity

dissociative identity disorder (DID)

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

dissociative trance disorder (DTD)

Altered state of consciousness in which the person believes firmly that he or she is possessed by spirits; considered a disorder only where there is distress and dysfunction.

generalized amnesia

Condition in which a person loses memory of all personal information, including his or her own identity.

localized amnesia

Memory loss limited to specific times and events, particularly traumatic events. Also known as selective amnesia

post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Enduring, distressing emotional disorder that follows exposure to severe helplessness or a fear-inducing threat. The victim re-experiences the trauma, avoids stimuli associated with it, and develops a numbing of responsiveness and an increased vigilance and arousal.

reactive attachment disorder

disorder in which a child with disturbed behavior neither seeks out a caregiver nor responds to offers of help from one; fearfulness and sadness are often evident

selective amnesia

Memory loss limited to specific times and events, particularly traumatic events. Also known as localized amnesia.

types of dissociatve amnesia

-generalized amnesia

-localized amnesia