Acronym for the psychological diagnosis, "
Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified".
See "
Dissociative Disorders" for a more detailed explanation of dissociative disorders.
A diagnosis of DDNOS means that a
patient has a lot of dissociative
symptoms, but doesn't meet the
criteria for
Dissociative Identity Disorder, or
MPD.
DDNOS and
PTSD are the most frequent
diagnosis in survivors of
childhood abuse, specifically physical and sexual
abuse. These
survivors experience the
flashbacks and intrusion of
trauma memories, sometimes not until years after the childhood abuse, with dissociative experiences of distancing, "trancing out", feeling
unreal, the ability to ignore pain, and feeling as if they were looking at the world through a
fog.
PTSD,
dissociation,
depression,
anxiety syndromes and
addictions are common among survivors.
For more information on dissociative disorders, http://www.khayward.com/turkus.html