Dissociative Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

A review of dissociative disorders treatment studies.

30 Aug 2009 This review examines empirical reports of treatment for Dissociative Disorders (DD), including 16 DD treatment outcome studies and 4 case studies that used standardized measures. Collectively, these reports suggest that treatment for DD is ... Read more...

Analysis of Memory Formation during General Anesthesia (Propofol/Remifentanil) for Elective Surgery Using the Process-dissociation Procedure.

30 Jul 2009 Background: There have been reports of memory formation during general anesthesia. The process-dissociation procedure has been used to determine if these are controlled (explicit/conscious) or automatic (implicit/unconscious) memories. This study ... Read more...

Complex trauma, impact on development and possible solutions on an adolescent intensive care unit.

29 Jun 2009 In order for us to begin to understand the effect of abusive experiences in childhood on young people's personality development and symptomatology, we have to draw upon a number of theories. The most important of these relate to attachment, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Dissociative Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Greater evidence of dissociative symptoms noted in general practitioners attending an educational session on dissociation. 29 Sep 2009
• A review of dissociative disorders treatment studies. 30 Aug 2009
• Analysis of Memory Formation during General Anesthesia (Propofol/Remifentanil) for Elective Surgery Using the Process-dissociation Procedure. 30 Jul 2009
• Personality changes in temporal lobe epilepsy. 27 Jul 2009
• Complex trauma, impact on development and possible solutions on an adolescent intensive care unit. 29 Jun 2009
• Alexithymia, absorption, and cognitive failures in depersonalization disorder: a comparison to posttraumatic stress disorder and healthy volunteers. 29 Jun 2009
• Unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy: Evidence for a common domain. 19 Jun 2009
• Relationships among plasma dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, cortisol, symptoms of dissociation, and objective performance in humans exposed to underwater navigation stress. 3 Jun 2009
• Relationship of intentional self-harm using sharp objects with depressive and dissociative tendencies in pre-adolescence-adolescence. 30 May 2009
• The bare essentials: Functional symptoms in neurology. 30 May 2009
• [Somatoform dissociations in children and adolescents] 30 May 2009
• Quality of early care and childhood trauma: a prospective study of developmental pathways to dissociation. 30 May 2009
• Reweaving the self: creative writing in response to tragedy. 30 May 2009
• Executive function performance and trauma exposure in a community sample of children. 26 May 2009
• Self-protective organization in children with conversion and somatoform disorders. 17 May 2009
• Predictive factors for acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder after motor vehicle accidents. 14 May 2009
• Family functioning among depressive and dissociative (conversion) patients. 29 Apr 2009
• False memory propensity in people reporting recovered memories of past lives. 29 Apr 2009
• Emotional learning during dissociative states in borderline personality disorder. 29 Apr 2009
• A transdiagnostic comparison of trauma and panic memories in PTSD, panic disorder, and healthy controls. 20 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Dissociative Disorders'

Definition: Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.

Descriptor UI: D004213

Alternative terms: Dissociative Disorders; Disorder, Dissociative; Disorders, Dissociative; Dissociative Disorder; Dissociative Reaction; Dissociative Reactions; Reaction, Dissociative; Reactions, Dissociative; Hysteria, Dissociative; Dissociative Hysteria; Hysterias, Dissociative; Fugue; Dissociation;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.300;

Online Note: use DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS to search DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1969-80, FUGUE 1966-78, & DISSOCIATION 1969-78

History Note: 81; was DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-80; DISSOCIATION was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1969-78; FUGUE was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-78, was heading 1963-67

Technical Notes: use Cat F3 qualif