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==Definitions==
*1:the disconnection or [[separation]] of something from something else or the state of being disconnected: the dissociation between the [[executive]] and the [[judiciary]] is the [[legacy]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701 Act of Settlement].
*2:Chemistry - the splitting of a [[molecule]] into smaller molecules, [[atoms]], or ions, especially by a [[Reverse|reversible]] [[process]].
*3: Psychiatry - separation of normally related [[mental]] [[processes]], resulting in one group functioning [[independently]] from the rest, leading in extreme cases to disorders such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder multiple personality].
==Description==
In [[psychology]], the term '''dissociation''' describes a wide array of [[experiences]] from mild [[detachment]] from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from [[physical]] and [[emotional]] experience. The major characteristic of all dissociative [[phenomena]] involves a detachment from [[reality]], rather than a loss of reality as in [[psychosis]]. Dissociative experiences are further characterized by the varied maladaptive mental constructions of an [[individual]]'s natural [[imaginative]] capacity.
''Dissociation'' is commonly displayed on a [[continuum]]. In mild cases, dissociation can be regarded as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping_(psychology) coping mechanism] or [[defense]] mechanisms in seeking to master, minimize or [[tolerate]] [[stress]] – including [[boredom]] or [[conflict]]. At the nonpathological end of the continuum, dissociation describes common events such as [[daydreaming]] while driving a vehicle. Further along the continuum are non-pathological altered states of [[consciousness]].
More pathological dissociation involves [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder dissociative disorders], including dissociative [[fugue]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder depersonalization disorder] with or without alterations in personal [[identity]] or sense of [[self]]. These alterations can include: a sense that self or the world is unreal (depersonalization and derealization); a loss of memory ([[amnesia]]); forgetting identity or assuming a new self (fugue); and [[fragmentation]] of identity or self into separate streams of consciousness ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder dissociative identity disorder], formerly termed multiple personality disorder) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder complex post-traumatic stress disorder].
Dissociative disorders are sometimes triggered by [[trauma]], but may be preceded only by [[stress]], psychoactive substances, or no identifiable trigger at all. The ICD-10 classifies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder conversion disorder] as a dissociative disorder. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] groups all dissociative disorders into a single category.
Although some dissociative disruptions involve [[amnesia]], other dissociative events do not. Dissociative disorders are typically experienced as startling, [[autonomous]] intrusions into the person's usual ways of [[responding]] or functioning. Due to their unexpected and largely inexplicable [[nature]], they tend to be quite unsettling.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29]
[[Category: Psychology]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1603]
==Definitions==
*1:the disconnection or [[separation]] of something from something else or the state of being disconnected: the dissociation between the [[executive]] and the [[judiciary]] is the [[legacy]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701 Act of Settlement].
*2:Chemistry - the splitting of a [[molecule]] into smaller molecules, [[atoms]], or ions, especially by a [[Reverse|reversible]] [[process]].
*3: Psychiatry - separation of normally related [[mental]] [[processes]], resulting in one group functioning [[independently]] from the rest, leading in extreme cases to disorders such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder multiple personality].
==Description==
In [[psychology]], the term '''dissociation''' describes a wide array of [[experiences]] from mild [[detachment]] from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from [[physical]] and [[emotional]] experience. The major characteristic of all dissociative [[phenomena]] involves a detachment from [[reality]], rather than a loss of reality as in [[psychosis]]. Dissociative experiences are further characterized by the varied maladaptive mental constructions of an [[individual]]'s natural [[imaginative]] capacity.
''Dissociation'' is commonly displayed on a [[continuum]]. In mild cases, dissociation can be regarded as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coping_(psychology) coping mechanism] or [[defense]] mechanisms in seeking to master, minimize or [[tolerate]] [[stress]] – including [[boredom]] or [[conflict]]. At the nonpathological end of the continuum, dissociation describes common events such as [[daydreaming]] while driving a vehicle. Further along the continuum are non-pathological altered states of [[consciousness]].
More pathological dissociation involves [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder dissociative disorders], including dissociative [[fugue]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depersonalization_disorder depersonalization disorder] with or without alterations in personal [[identity]] or sense of [[self]]. These alterations can include: a sense that self or the world is unreal (depersonalization and derealization); a loss of memory ([[amnesia]]); forgetting identity or assuming a new self (fugue); and [[fragmentation]] of identity or self into separate streams of consciousness ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder dissociative identity disorder], formerly termed multiple personality disorder) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_post-traumatic_stress_disorder complex post-traumatic stress disorder].
Dissociative disorders are sometimes triggered by [[trauma]], but may be preceded only by [[stress]], psychoactive substances, or no identifiable trigger at all. The ICD-10 classifies [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_disorder conversion disorder] as a dissociative disorder. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] groups all dissociative disorders into a single category.
Although some dissociative disruptions involve [[amnesia]], other dissociative events do not. Dissociative disorders are typically experienced as startling, [[autonomous]] intrusions into the person's usual ways of [[responding]] or functioning. Due to their unexpected and largely inexplicable [[nature]], they tend to be quite unsettling.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociation_%28psychology%29]
[[Category: Psychology]]
