The defining characteristic of all dissociative disorders is "disruption
in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity, or perception of
the environment."* This means that there will be problems in one or more of the functions mentioned.
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* American
Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition) (American Psychiatric Press,
Washington, DC, 1994). |
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