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Dissociative Fugue

Dissociative Fugue. By: Rebeca Escobedo. Period 2. What is dissociative fugue?. Fugue is the Latin word “flight”. Flight in memory, for example. People with dissociative fugue temporarily forget who they are and about their life and move away to start a new life and build a new identity.

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Dissociative Fugue

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  1. Dissociative Fugue By: Rebeca Escobedo Period 2

  2. What is dissociative fugue? • Fugue is the Latin word “flight”. • Flight in memory, for example. • People with dissociative fugue temporarily forget who they are and about their life and move away to start a new life and build a new identity. • This disorder affects ones general functioning, social and work environment and relationships.

  3. How is the disorder diagnosed? Essential Question 1

  4. What are the symptoms? Essential Question 2

  5. What’s the difference between Dissociative Fugue & Dissociative Amnesia? Essential Question 3

  6. What causes it? • Usually severe stress • Memories of waror natural disasters • Abuse • Accidents • Whether the person went through it or simply witnessed • Abuse of Alcohol or drugs

  7. Probability? • The chance of it actually happening is extremely rare • Time that it’s most common is during stressful and traumatic events • Usually after a natural disaster has occurred or after/during war.

  8. Case • A 62 year old woman disappeared from her house for various days and went to the Temple Town of Kerala. There, the local police asked her who she was and what she was doing and she simply gave the information but followed by saying that she wanted to return home. Upon her arrival, her every day routine returned back to normal, however, she didn’t recall her neighbors, specific events, or what had happened the few days she went missing. They took her to neurological evaluation where they concluded that she had gone through dissociative disorder due to a few events of depression that had recently transpired in her life.

  9. Forms of Medication

  10. Medication • There is no actual medication for Dissociative Fugue itself, however, if the person is having that amnesia due to anxiety or depression, they may benefit from anti-depressants or stress relievers.

  11. Cognitive Therapy • This therapy mainly focuses on changing dysfunctional thinking patterns and resulting feelings or behaviors.

  12. Psychotherapy • Type of counseling • Most commonly used for dissociative disorders • Encourage communication • Increase insight to problems

  13. Clinical Hypnosis • Must be extremely relaxed • Allows people explore other’s thoughts, feelings & memories they might have hidden • However hypnosis on dissociative disorder is controversial due to the person creating false memories.

  14. Family Therapy • Helps the family gain insight on the disorder and to recognize symptoms before it occurs again.

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