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Dante is a middle-aged man with a history of depression. Recently, he has been diagnosed with dissociative fugue. He adopts a completely new identity while staying in his hometown. His amnesia lasts only a short time. What aspect of this case is unusual for dissociative fugue? A. It is unusual for depression to be associated with dissociative fugue. B. It is unusual for fugue to involve a completely new identity. C. It is unusual for people with fugue to remain in their hometown. D. It is unusual for dissociative fugue to last only a short time.

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C. It is unusual for people with fugue to remain in their hometown.

Step-by-step explanation:

Dissociative fugue is a form of a disorder. It is a disorder that affect the mental health of a person. It is a disorder that involves numerous situations of amnesia in person.

A person with dissociative fugue is unable to remember things in their past or their hometown where they live. They lose recognition of who they are or who their family members are. They try to make up for that loss by leaving the environment where they are in and starting over. They create new identities for themselves.

Common symptoms of dissociative fugue includes:

a. Memory loss or Amnesia

b. Sudden travel that involves them leaving their hometown.

c. Loss of their identity and a creation of a new identity by the person suffering from this disorder to make up for the loss.

Dissociative fugue can be treated by

a. Carrying out family therapy that involves the person with the disorder and their family members.

b. The use of hypnosis

c. Medication

d. One on one therapy with the person with the dissociative fugue.

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