Question

Tonya, who recently discovered her husband was having an affair, disappeared for several days and was found by the police sleeping under a bridge. She claimed that her name was Mary and that she had no clear memory of her life or identity. Her symptoms best illustrate

Answer 1

Dissociative disorder

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychopathology, a dissociative disorder refers to a type of mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories and actions. This dissociative episodes usually take place as a result of a traumatic event.

One of the main symptoms of this type of disorders is a significant memory loss of specific times, people and events that occurred during the dissociative episodes.

In this example, Tonya has the traumatic event of discovering that her husband is having an affair. She then disappears and is later found under a bridge, she claimed that her name was Mary and that she had no clear memory of her life. She is having an episode in which she has another identity (dissociative identity disorder) and she doesn't remember her life as Tonya or that identity. These are symptoms related to a dissociative disorder.

Answer 2

The correct answer is: Fugue state, dissociative fugue.

Step-by-step explanation:

Fugue state can be understood as a psychiatric disorder in which the individual who suffers from it has amnesia of his/her identity. (Personality, name, life, motivations, goals, likes, needs, wants).

While in a fugue state the person may feel confused, disoriented and may not recall who they are, why they are lost, what's their name, and what they are supposed to be doing.

In this particular case, Tonya was found by the police and she claimed that her name was mary and that she had no clear memory of her life or identity. Her symptoms best illustrate fugue state or dissociative fugue.