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ArticleCureus2024

Dissociative Trance Led to a Catastrophe: A Case Report.

Ahmed Z Salama, Mohammad R Dabash, Abdullah Elayan, Shafee Saadeh, Ibrahim Ikhmayyes

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ahmed Z SalamaSchool of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, PSE.
Mohammad R DabashSchool of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, PSE.
Abdullah ElayanSchool of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, PSE.
Shafee SaadehPsychiatry, Dr. Kamal Psychiatric Hospital, Bethlehem, PSE.
Ibrahim IkhmayyesPsychiatry, Dr. Kamal Psychiatric Hospital, Bethlehem, PSE.

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Abstract

Dissociation is a cognitive process that disrupts consciousness, identity, or memory. It is frequently used as a form of defense in response to significant stress or trauma. In serious situations, it might show as a dissociative disorder, which extremely impairs psychological functioning. Dissociative trance, a type of other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD), is characterized by an abrupt loss of awareness, leading to unresponsiveness and involuntary actions. Despite being conscious, the individual may feel separated from their body, as if it were under the control of an external force. This case report represents a 22-year-old patient with no prior criminal history who experienced episodes of decreased consciousness, altered identity, and involuntary movements. These episodes were perceived as being controlled by an external force and culminated in a tragic event leading the patient to kill her children. After ruling out other potential causes like psychotic disorders, organic factors, and substance abuse, a diagnosis of dissociative trance disorder was considered. Treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and benzodiazepines resulted in improvement of the patient's symptoms.

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amnesiacognitive behavioral therapydissociative tranceemotional stressmental health

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PMID39867031
PMCPMC11765154

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