Amnesia refers to the inability to recall important personal information that is so extensive that it is not due to ordinary forgetfulness. Most of the amnesias typical of dissociative disorders are not of the classic fugue variety, where people travel long distances, and suddenly become alert, disoriented as to where they are and how they got there.

Dissociative effects include distorted perceptions of sight and sound as well as feelings of detachment or separation from the environment and self.

The next stage in the recovery from head injury is called POST-TRAUMATIC AMNESIA. Coming out of coma is not just waking up as people often imagine. Rather, it is most often a gradual process of regaining contact with the world. One of the most striking things about recovery of conscioiusness is that it take so long to begin to restore memory. The kind of memory that is most often affected is the ability to continuously remember the events of the day.

Some studies indicate that diagnosable dissociation occurs in approximately two to three percent of the general population. Other studies have estimated a prevalence rate of 10% for all dissociative disorders in the general population (e.g., Loewenstein, 1994). Dissociation may exist in either acute or chronic forms. Immediately following severe trauma, the incidence of dissociative phenomena is remarkably high.

Research tends to show that dissociation stems from a combination of environmental and biological factors. The likelihood that a tendency to dissociate is inherited genetically is estimated to be zero (Simeon et al., 2001). Most commonly, repetitive childhood physical and/or sexual abuse and other forms of trauma are associated with the development of dissociative disorders (e.g., Putnam, 1985).

There are four main categories of dissociative disorders as defined in the standard catalogue of psychological diagnoses used by mental health professionals in North America, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR).

Dissociative disorders are a spectrum of disorders that rely heavily on dissociation as a means of self-protection from extreme emotions. This coping mechanism leads to significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

For moments, yes. Long term? Rarely. The idea of causing people to forget something is, broadly speaking, something that has no therapeutic value.

DID is a defense mechanism used solely for survival. It is created by highly creative and intelligent children in order to protect themselves from severe repeated trauma, usually sexual abuse by a loved one, that usually begins before the age of 5. Only young children have the ability to create alter personalities. These children dissociate themselves from their current situation (the abuse) and "go inside themselves." Here they create other children to take the abuse for them.

The experience of dissociation is usually one of a loss of time, a disconnection. There is a sense that someone is "not there", is not in touch with what is happening. In the case of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder), it would seem as if "someone else" was present--many times presenting themselves as very different from the person you know.

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The stories chronicled encompass all aspects of trauma, including remembering the abuse and confronting their abusers. States at Work: Implementing the Adoption and Safe Families Act, Parts 1-3. American Public Human Services Association. 2000. 8 pages each. $20/three-volume set. States at Work provides a snapshot of what States are doing to speed up the process of moving children out of foster care and into permanent homes to comply with the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1997.