It may be accompanied by
dissociative fugue, which has a reported prevalence of 0.2%.
(43) Although O.'s trip is evidently a scheduled one and although, unlike many sufferers of
dissociative fugue, he does not assume a new identity, there is, as we have seen earlier, evidence to suggest that his trip does have its origins in a desire to shed responsibilities and in a recent commotion--the crisis of jealousy--which would also seem to have provoked a 'brouillage' of his own experience and that of his uncle.
Then you may be a reporter, a politician, or you may suffer from a 'disease' that the APA's manual labels '
dissociative fugue.' This is an invitation to a lifetime of Woody Allen psychotherapy."
of amnesia called "
dissociative fugue" and the difficulty of diagnosing and verifying the disorder.
This chapter discusses the 5 types of DDs recognized by the Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV): Dissociative amnesia,
dissociative fugue, depersonalization disorder, dissociative identity disorder (also known as multiple personality disorder), and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified.
(7) The DSM-IV dissociative disorders are descriptive formulations: dissociative amnesia,
dissociative fugue, dissociative identity disorder (previously called multiple personality disorder), depersonalisation disorder, and a 'not otherwise specified' category that includes trance disorder, with or without possession.