What are the causes and symptoms of dissociative disorders?

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The moderate to severe dissociation that occurs in patients with dissociative disorders is understood to result from a set of causes:
- an innate ability to dissociate easily
- repeated episodes of severe physical or sexual abuse in childhood
- the lack of a supportive or comforting person to counteract abusive relative(s)
- the influence of other relatives with dissociative symptoms or disorders
The relationship of dissociative disorders to childhood abuse has led to intense controversy and lawsuits concerning the accuracy of childhood memories. The brain's storage, retrieval, and interpretation of memories are still not fully understood. Controversy also exists regarding how much individuals presenting dissociative disorders have been influenced by books and movies to describe a certain set of symptoms (scripting).

The major dissociative symptoms are:
Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.";
<div class="section1"> <p>The moderate to severe dissociation that occurs in patients with dissociative disorders is understood to result from a set of causes:<ul> <li>an innate ability to dissociate easily </li> <li>repeated episodes of severe physical or sexual abuse in childhood </li> <li>the lack of a supportive or comforting person to counteract abusive relative(s) </li> <li>the influence of other relatives with dissociative symptoms or disorders</li> </ul></p> <p>The relationship of dissociative disorders to childhood abuse has led to intense controversy and lawsuits concerning the accuracy of childhood memories. The brain's storage, retrieval, and interpretation of memories are still not fully understood. Controversy also exists regarding how much individuals presenting dissociative disorders have been influenced by books and movies to describe a certain set of symptoms (scripting).</p> <p>The major dissociative symptoms are:</p> </div><p><i>Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.</i>";

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