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Definition of Dissociative disorder
1. Noun. Dissociation so severe that the usually integrated functions of consciousness and perception of self break down.
Specialized synonyms: Depersonalisation, Depersonalisation Disorder, Depersonalisation Neurosis, Depersonalization, Depersonalization Disorder, Depersonalization Neurosis, Fugue, Psychogenic Fugue, Multiple Personality, Split Personality
Definition of Dissociative disorder
1. Noun. Any of several mental disorders that affect consciousness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissociative Disorder
Literary usage of Dissociative disorder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Assessment and Treatment of Patients With Coexisting Mental Illness and by Richard Ries (1996)
"Acute withdrawal and dissociative disorder often appear similar. Dissociated people
require an immediate toxicological screen and should be admitted for ..."
2. Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms: Continuity and Change in by Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Ratna M. Sudarshan (2003)
"... that are especially common among women compared to men in the developing
countries, namely, dissociative disorder and somatization disorder. ..."
3. The Legacy of Vietnam Veterans and Their Families: Survivors of War edited by Dennis K. Rhoades, Michael R. Leaveck, James C. Hudson (1996)
"Psychotherapy of the survivor of incest with a dissociative disorder. Psychiatric
Clinics of North America 12(2):307-324. ..."
4. The Ultimate Psychopolitics, Mass Mind Control and the Global Control System by Ceres (1993)
"... under other circumstances, might be diagnosed as Depersonalization or Dissociative
Disorder. All three drugs proved to be highly addictive. ..."
5. Moon-o-theism: A Study of Mideast Moon-God Religionsby Yoel Natan by Yoel Natan (2006)
"Terms such as brainwashing, dissociative disorder and Stockholm syndrome apply,
as NS Rajaram wrote: Dhimmitude may be seen as the state of mind induced in ..."
6. Working for Living: Slavery Masquerading As Freedom And Democracy by Walter Prytulak (2005)
"In other words one has to suffer from a kind of dissociative disorder characterized
by a disruption in the usually integrated functions of being religious. ..."
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