Dissociative amnesia: a case with management challenges

• Main Authors: Priti Singh, Rajeev Dogra, Krishan Kumar, Rajiv Gupta
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy Publisher 2015-07-01
• Series: Open Journal of Psychiatry and Allied Sciences
• Subjects: Defense Mechanisms; Psychopathology; Memory; Regression; Behaviour
• Online Access: http://dysphrenia.hpage.co.in/146-148-fulltext_38347698.html

A case of dissociative amnesia with regressed behaviour was diagnosed applying the existing criteria for dissociative disorder in the tenth revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10). Though there are number of cases of such condition, but when coupled with regressed behaviour it adds to new dimension in the management. An applied strategy in lines with both pharmacological and non pharmacological was used, and we found that it helped our patient to gradually improve her behaviour. This is one of the few cases reported and we hope more such cases should be reported in understanding the psychopathology.