Which of the following statements accurately describes dissociative fugue?
A. Dissociative fugue is not precipitated by stressful events.
B. Dissociative fugue is characterized by sudden, unexpected travel or bewildered wandering with inability to recall some or all of one's past.
C. Dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue are completely different types of disorders.
D. Dissociative fugue is characterized by a sense of observing oneself from outside the body.
B
Dissociative fugue is characterized by unexpected travel or bewildered wandering, and amnesia for all or part of one's past. Dissociative fugue is a subtype of dissociative amnesia.
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