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Psychological Disorders — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologyPsychological Disorders6 Marks
Question
Explain the term dissociation. Discuss its various forms.
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Answer

Dissociation - Severance of the connection between ideas and emotions. Involves feelings of unreality, estrangement, depersonalisation and sometimes a loss or shift of identity.
Forms of dissociative disorders are:
  • Dissociative amnesia.
  • Dissociative fugue.
  • Dissociative identity disorder.
  • Depersonalisation.

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