Dissociative Disorders: A Case Study

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1.) Learning about Louis’ life history could be beneficial when trying to diagnose her. Many research studies have shown that there are traumatic or terrible instances that a person experiences. This can be physical or sexual abuse, and often times is incest. These traumatic events can cause dissociative disorder. The reasoning behind this, is when a person is being abused or they may be locked up in the basement, or some other case, their mind tries to flee the person from that experience. Therefore, the person may transition into their ‘fantasy’ world, which causes the multiple personalities to occur. The social worker needs to make sure that there aren’t any medications that Lois is on that could be causing her to act this way. A neurological examination will also need to be completed. This will help to rule out others factors that may contribute to the person’s dissociative disorders. The social worker should also be aware of how Lois acted and what she said when she first entered the emergency room. When she first entered, she stated many of the symptoms of dissociative disorder. She was confused, she claimed to live in …show more content…

It is possible that after asking Emily this question, she may not understand that the abuse really happened, because she said that the abuse occurred in her nightmares; I would want to know more about the nightmares in general. The questions that were asked in this interview session seemed to be very helpful. I would not have thought of asking if there were any clothes or jewelry that she did not recognize. I would also be interested in knowing how many times she has been confused due to something like this or what or where are some other examples in which she felt confused. I would also ask her if she had a history of neurological disorders. I did not see this question specifically asked to

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