Identify the causes and prevention of dissociative disorders
What will be an ideal response?
- biological risk factors for dissociative disorders may include key brain changes in areas most responsible for memory and consciousness integration
- memory changes in people with dissociative disorders often involve compartmentalization of personal material and failure to retrieve information
- trauma and dissociation are linked, but the causal relationship between the two remains unclear
- neurodevelopmental models of dissociative disorder concentrate on how young people fail to develop a unified sense of self in an abusive environment
- prevention of dissociative disorders has not received much research attention, but prevention of child maltreatment has and may be helpful in this regard
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a. the mean worldview and group membership. b. interaction with others and group membership. c. direct contact and interaction with others. d. child rearing and direct contact.
Neurons undergo extensive migration before the neural tube closes
Indicate whether the statement is true or false