NRNP 6665 Week 9 Assignment; Controversy Associated with Dissociative Disorders

Dissociative disorders (DD) are a group of disorders that often result from stressful situations, trauma, childhood trauma, or abuse. The disorders include dissociative amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, depersonalization or derealization disorder, and dissociative fugue (Mad Medicine, 2019). These disorders involve a disruption in mental functions such as memory, awareness, perception, consciousness, motor control, and identity, leading to feelings of being disconnected from oneself or disconnected from their environment (Sadock et al., 2015). Dissociating is the body’s physiological and psychological coping response to overwhelming, distressing, and painful trauma (Temple, 2019). There is a great deal of controversy, and ethical conflict regarding DD is due to the lack of scientific literature to support this group of disorders. The following paper will address the controversies with DD and my professional beliefs, strategies to maintain a therapeutic alliance with clients, and legal and ethical considerations...