Depersonalization-derealisation disorder and dissociative
amnesia are both types of dissociative disorders. Following area
the distinguishingdfactors for both:
Depersonalization-derealisation disorder |
Dissociative amnesia |
- This disorder is characterised by an alteration in the
perception or experience of self so that the feeling of one's own
reality is temporarily changed or lost.
- Individuals with this disorder believe that their thoughts and
feelings aren't their own.
- It occurs in late second or early third decade.
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- It is a type of dissociative disorder characterised by sudden
inability to recall important personal information generally
concerning stressful/traumatic events.
- Individuals with this disorder may present with dissociative
fugue where a person may adopt a new identity but there isn't any
dissociation from their own feelings and thoughts but instead state
of forgetfulness
- Itoccurs in adolescents and young adults.
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