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Fugue state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A fugue state , formally Dissociative Fugue (previously called Psychogenic Fugue ) (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.13) , is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia f...
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Dissociative identity disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The New York Times has an interesting article about a rare and poorly-understood form of amnesia called dissociative fugue, ... During the fugue state – which can last several hours or a few months – an individual forgets who they are and takes leave of his or her usual physical surroundings. In a minority of cases,
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Hannah Upp, the Manhattan teacher whose disappearance sparked a 19-day search, has oken her silence to claim she had a rare amnesialike disorder. ... In a short message on her Facebook page, Upp said she was suffering from dissociative fugue when she was found nearly drowned in the water off Staten Island last month.
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Individuals experiencing a dissociative fugue have traveled over thousands of miles. An individual in a fugue state is unaware of or confused about his identity, and in some cases will assume a new identity (although this is the exception).
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Dissociative fugue (formerly psychogenic fugue) is a rare and little understood dissociative disorder. ... Dissociative fugue (formerly psychogenic fugue) is a rare and little understood dissociative disorder. Following a review of the pertinent literature, five cases of dissociative fugue are described.
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Kluft, 1993). There is only one recent empirical study of the fugue state. Coons (1999) reported on five consecutive cases that presented themselves to his dissociative clinic over a period of ten years.
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