Kirsten Lawson reviews a pair of papers looking at the interplay between developmental trauma, dissociation and psychosis, which suggest that dissociation may act as a mediator between developmental ...

PTSD dissociation may make a person feel as though they are disconnected from their emotions, their body, or their surroundings. Things may feel distant, unreal, dreamlike, or as if they are not ...

and mind are a continuum offers a powerful new paradigm to medical and mental health professionals, as well as new hope to sufferers from trauma. With a foreword by Bessel van der Kolk and helpful ...

A team of researchers from Henan Provincial People's Hospital and the Academy of Medical Science compared mechanical dissociation and enzymatic digestion for generating patient-derived organoids ...

Psychosis means experiencing a break with everyday reality, where we may struggle to determine if our perceptions are real or unreal. When in a state of psychosis, we experience profound emotional ...

People are turning to social media to define dissociative disorders, but those portrayals aren’t always accurate. Here is a primer. By Christina Caron Have you ever zoned out? Maybe you have ...

Dissociative fugue is when a person’s mind detaches from reality, causing a state of temporary memory loss. Often, people in this state will go somewhere else and later have no memory of how ...

Our editors also may be in touch with follow-up questions. Dissociation is when a person experiences a temporary separation from their thoughts, actions, surroundings and even memories.

It is often triggered by a traumatic experience. Dissociation exists on a continuum: Mildly dissociative experiences include daydreaming and fantasy-proneness, while clinically incapacitating ...

Dissociation, or a disconnect from reality, may shield you from distress and traumatic experiences. But this defense mechanism can affect your emotional health over time. Here’s how to manage it ...