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NURS 222: Quiz 5 - Mental Health (Latest Update ) Review
Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A.
Dissociative disorders - ANS -A mental state of disconnection from what is going on
without you.
-Similar to a state of daydreaming
-Becomes a disorder when it is intense and often. Affects normal functioning in daily life.
-Involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness, awareness, identity,
and/or perception.
Types of Dissociative Disorders - ANS 1. Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
2. Dissociative Amnesia
3. Dissociative Fugue
4. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder - ANS Involves a persistent or recurring feeling
of being detached from one's body or mental processes, like an outside observer of their
life (depersonalization), and/or a feeling of being detached from one's surroundings
(derealization)
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Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Expected findings - ANS Depersonalization
-Feeling of detachment from oneself
-Feels like they are watching their own life from the outside.
Derealization
-Feeling that the world around them is not fully real
-Emotionally/physically numb
-Weak sense of self
-Deadpan speech
-Difficulty forming relationships
Dissociative Amnesia - ANS -Affected individuals are separated from their memories,
suffering abnormal memory loss in ways that significantly affect their lives.
-They may forget a specific event, or they may forget who they are and everything about
themselves and their personal history.
-The person may or may not be aware of their memory loss though they may appear
confused.
-Someone with dissociative amnesia rarely shows concern about their condition.
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Dissociative Amnesia
Types - ANS 1. Localized
-The patient cannot recall events that took place within a limited period of time (usually
several hours or 1-2 days) following a traumatic event. For example, some survivors of
the World Trade Center attacks do not remember how they got out of the damaged
buildings or what streets they took to get away from the area.
2. Selective
-The patient can remember some, but not all of the events that took place during a
limited period of time. For example, a veteran of D-Day (June 6, 1944) may recall some
details, such as eating a meal on the run or taking prisoners, but not others (seeing a
close friend hit or losing a commanding officer).
3. Generalized
-The person cannot recall anything in his/her entire life. Persons with generalized
amnesia are usually found by the police or taken by others to a hospital emergency
room.
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4. Continuous
-The amnesia covers the entire period without interruption from a traumatic event in the
past to the present. They are unable to form new memories (Dory from Finding Nemo)
5. Systematized
-The amnesia covers only certain categories of information, such as all memories related
to a certain location or to a particular person.
Dissociative Amnesia
Examples - ANS 1. Localized
-A crime victim may have no memory of being robbed at gunpoint, but can recall details
from the rest of that day.
2. Selective
-An adolescent who witnesses a school shooting can remember certain things about the
day, but can't remember witnessing his best friend get shot.
3. Generalized
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NURS 222: Quiz 5 - Mental Health (Latest Update ) Review
Questions with Verified Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A.
Dissociative disorders - ANS -A mental state of disconnection from what is going on
without you.
-Similar to a state of daydreaming
-Becomes a disorder when it is intense and often. Affects normal functioning in daily life.
-Involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness, awareness, identity,
and/or perception.
Types of Dissociative Disorders - ANS 1. Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
2. Dissociative Amnesia
3. Dissociative Fugue
4. Dissociative Identity Disorder
Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder - ANS Involves a persistent or recurring feeling
of being detached from one's body or mental processes, like an outside observer of their
life (depersonalization), and/or a feeling of being detached from one's surroundings
(derealization)
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Depersonalization/Derealization Disorder
Expected findings - ANS Depersonalization
-Feeling of detachment from oneself
-Feels like they are watching their own life from the outside.
Derealization
-Feeling that the world around them is not fully real
-Emotionally/physically numb
-Weak sense of self
-Deadpan speech
-Difficulty forming relationships
Dissociative Amnesia - ANS -Affected individuals are separated from their memories,
suffering abnormal memory loss in ways that significantly affect their lives.
-They may forget a specific event, or they may forget who they are and everything about
themselves and their personal history.
-The person may or may not be aware of their memory loss though they may appear
confused.
-Someone with dissociative amnesia rarely shows concern about their condition.
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Dissociative Amnesia
Types - ANS 1. Localized
-The patient cannot recall events that took place within a limited period of time (usually
several hours or 1-2 days) following a traumatic event. For example, some survivors of
the World Trade Center attacks do not remember how they got out of the damaged
buildings or what streets they took to get away from the area.
2. Selective
-The patient can remember some, but not all of the events that took place during a
limited period of time. For example, a veteran of D-Day (June 6, 1944) may recall some
details, such as eating a meal on the run or taking prisoners, but not others (seeing a
close friend hit or losing a commanding officer).
3. Generalized
-The person cannot recall anything in his/her entire life. Persons with generalized
amnesia are usually found by the police or taken by others to a hospital emergency
room.
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4. Continuous
-The amnesia covers the entire period without interruption from a traumatic event in the
past to the present. They are unable to form new memories (Dory from Finding Nemo)
5. Systematized
-The amnesia covers only certain categories of information, such as all memories related
to a certain location or to a particular person.
Dissociative Amnesia
Examples - ANS 1. Localized
-A crime victim may have no memory of being robbed at gunpoint, but can recall details
from the rest of that day.
2. Selective
-An adolescent who witnesses a school shooting can remember certain things about the
day, but can't remember witnessing his best friend get shot.
3. Generalized
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