Dissociative Amnesia By Thomas Cassidy
Dissociative Amnesia
Feb 15, 2016
Dissociative Amnesia. By Thomas Cassidy. Symptoms. Inability to remember Past actions Personal information Lose consciousness Depression Anxiety. Disorder. Maladaptivity Memory loss Unjustifiable Behavior Waking up in random locations with no memory. Disorder. Disturbing Behavior - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dissociative AmnesiaBy Thomas Cassidy
Symptoms Inability to remember
• Past actions• Personal information
Lose consciousness Depression Anxiety
Disorder Maladaptivity
• Memory loss
Unjustifiable Behavior• Waking up in randomlocations with no memory
Disorder Disturbing Behavior
• Hard to keep relationships• Burden
Typicality• Happen to anybody• Random occasions
Causes Psychological
• Stressful events (war, abuse)• Repression
Biological• Genetics (?)
Treatment Psychoanalysis
• Dream analysis Psychotherapy
• Increase insight Medication
Treatment Cognitive Therapy
• Changes abnormal thinkingpatterns
Family therapy Clinical Hypnosis
• Raises awareness through relaxation and concentration
The Man with No Past
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QajubDsCcrw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Dissociation_and_dissociative_disorders
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