The major dissociative disorders:
1. Dissociative amnesia
2. Dissociative fugue
3. Depersonalization disorder
4. Dissociative identity disorder (DID) [formerly multiple personality disorder (MPD)]
5. Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified [DDNOS].
6. Dissociation may also be a fundamental organizing feature of borderline personality disorder (BPD).
The five characteristic symptoms of dissociative disorders:
1. Memory disturbance - complete, partial, selective amnesia
2. Depersonalization -- detachment from one's self, e.g., a sense of looking at one's self as if one is an outsider.
3. Derealization -- a feeling that one's surroundings are strange or unreal. Often involves previously familiar people.
4. Identity confusion -- subjective feelings of uncertainty, puzzlement, or conflict about one's identity.
5. Identity alteration -- objective behavior indicating the assumption of different identities, much more distinct than different roles.
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Revised 11/17/07