Psychiatry and Psychology

Dissociative Disorders

Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Dissociative Reaction
  • Disorder, Dissociative
  • Disorders, Dissociative
  • Dissociative Disorder
  • Dissociative Reactions
  • Reaction, Dissociative
  • Reactions, Dissociative
  • Dissociation
  • Fugue
  • Hysteria, Dissociative
  • Dissociative Hysteria
  • Hysterias, Dissociative

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Aspects Covered

31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

use Cat F3 qualif

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History Note

81; was DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-80; DISSOCIATION was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1969-78; FUGUE was see under DISSOCIATIVE REACTION 1968-78, was heading 1963-67

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Tree Number

  1. F03w.300w

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NLM Classification

WM 173.6

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dissociative Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004213. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004213
  2. Dissociative Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_disorder
  3. Dissociative Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2627467