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Summary Of: Dissociation

While he considered dissociation an initially effective... described pathological manifestations of dissociation as special or extreme cases of the normal operation of the psyche... He theorized that dissociation is a natural necessity for consciousness to operate in one faculty unhampered by the demands... Attention to dissociation as a clinical feature has been growing in recent years as knowledge of... Dissociation has been described as one of a constellation of symptoms experienced by some victims of... This is supported by studies which suggest that dissociation is correlated with a history of trauma... Dissociation appears to have a high... Symptoms of dissociation resulting from trauma may include depersonalization... It has been hypothesized that dissociation may provide a temporarily effective defense mechanism in cases of severe trauma... dissociation is associated with decreased psychological functioning and adjustment... Other symptoms sometimes found along with dissociation in victims of traumatic abuse... found increased levels of dissociation in a non... The level of dissociation has been found to be related to reported overwhelming sexual and physical abuse... The amount of dissociation that follows directly after a trauma predicts... The measurement of dissociation in normal and clinical populations... Types of dissociation and dissociative types... Dissociation and Trauma Archives...

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