Dissociative Disorders
The main categories of dissociative disorders are:
Dissociative Amnesia
A sudden inability to recall important personal information.
Dissociative Fugue
Amnesia combined with sudden travel away from home, usually as an escape from an intolerable situation.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
The existence of two or more distinct personalities within an individual, each of which is dominant during a particular period of time.
Depersonalization Disorder
Depersonalization disorder is characterized by recurrent or persistent episodes of depersonalization, during which individuals perceive themselves as detached observers of their own mental processes or bodies, or feel as though they are automatons or living in a dream.
References:
Kaplan & Sadock: Synopsis of Psychiatry, twelfth edition
Kaplan & Sadock: Pocket Handbook of Clinical Psychiatry, fifth edition;
American Psychiatric Association: Diagnostic Manual of Mental Disorders, 1994;
Robert J. Waldinger: Psychiatry for Medical Students, third edition, translated by Anastas Suli.