Chapter 16 - Dissociative Disorders
Video Resources
Multiple Personality Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0LNyXsErb8
A documentary on dissociative identify disorder.
Crash Course Psychology: Dissociative Identity Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxktavpRdzU
A Patient Discusses Dissociative Identity Disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHJfIH20TY
What Does Depersonalization/Derealization Feel Like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpX051fZrps
An individual discusses his symptoms of depersonalization disorder.
Related Websites
Mayo Clinic’s Website on Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depersonalization-derealization-disorder/basics/definition/con-20033401
WebMD’s Website on Dissociative Identity Disorder
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder
Depersonalization Disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
Relevant Articles
Gleaves, D. H. (1996). The sociocognitive model of dissociative identity disorder: a reexamination of the evidence. Psychological bulletin, 120(1), 42–59.
Ross, C. A. (2006). Dissociative identity disorder. Current Psychosis and Therapeutics Reports, 4(3), 112–16.
According to the DSM, dissociation can be defined as “disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal integration of consciousness, memory, identity, emotion, perception, body representation, motor control, and behavior” (American Psychological Association, 2013, p., 291). There are several different dissociative disorders, including depersonalization/derealization disorder, dissociative amnesia (which can be accompanied by dissociative fugue), and dissociative identity disorder. There are several models to explain dissociative disorders, including the posttraumatic model and the sociocognitive model. The posttraumatic model hypothesizes that dissociation is a response to trauma, while the sociocognitive model posits that dissociative symptoms are a result of social construction.