http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/Helpline1/Dissociative_Disorders.htm
The National Alliance for Mental Illness site discussed all four of the Dissociative Disorders. The two types of disorders that I choose to research about were Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue. From this article I learned that Dissociative Amnesia is different from basic Amnesia because it is not cause from a physical injury (like a blow to the head). It is caused from overwhelming levels of stress that a person is unable to cope with there for causing them to block out critical personal information. It also discussed the four subtypes of Dissociative Amnesia. They would be Selective Amnesia, Localized Amnesia, Systematized Amnesia, and Generalized Amnesia. The National Alliance for Mental Illness article also discussed a little about Dissociative Fugue. It states that people with this rare disorder become unaware or confused about their personal identity and unexpectedly will leave his/her......
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