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Diagnosis of Trauma and Abuse‐Related Dissociative Symptom Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Author(s) -
Weber Scott
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00156.x
Subject(s) - depersonalization , dissociative disorders , dissociative , feeling , amnesia , dissociation (chemistry) , psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , psychiatry , derealization , psychotherapist , medicine , emotional exhaustion , social psychology , chemistry , burnout
TOPIC: Dissociated cognition is defined as thinking and feeling that have not become successfully integrated into the usual sense of self; this results in discontinuities in conscious awareness and disruptions in the ongoing “link‐making” in the development of identity.PURPOSE: Illness identification methods for the specific components of the disorder that most often affect children and adolescents (amnesia and depersonalization) will be described.SOURCES USED: Current research and practice scholarly articles on diagnosis and assessment of children and adolescents for dissociation and dissociative symptom disorders were accessed and critically reviewed.CONCLUSIONS: Nurses identify early symptoms of dissociation in children and adolescents; those who practice in psychiatric settings, emergency departments, and community health should be especially cognizant of the clinical features of dissociation in pediatric patients.