Table 1.

Types of dissociative disorders

Type of disorder	Symptomatology
Dissociative amnesia	Either partial or complete loss of memory for recent events that are usually of a traumatic or stressful nature
Dissociative fugue	Along with amnesia there is an apparently purposeful wandering away from home or place of work during which self-care is maintained
Dissociative stupor	Stupor following a trauma and absence of a physical or other psychiatric disorder that might explain it
Trance and possession disorders	Temporary loss of the sense of personal identity and complete awareness of the environment; occasionally the individual acts as if possessed
Dissociative disorders of movement and sensation	Loss of or interference with movements or loss of sensations
Dissociative motor disorders	Loss of ability to move the whole or a part of a limb or limbs
Dissociative convulsions	These mimic epileptic seizures
Dissociative anesthesia and sensory loss	Loss of sensation over the skin or loss of functioning of other special senses
Mixed dissociative (conversion) disorders
Others