Is a Traumatic Event Necessary for Dissociative Fugue? An Older Adult Case Associated with Chronic Psychosocial Stress and Caregiving Burden
Turkish Journal of Traumatic Stress January 31, 2026 Meliha Rehnuma Karaca Çolaker, Seda Kiraz, Erol Göka
Dissociative amnesia refers to the inability to recall life events triggered by stressors, in the absence of a medical condition or substance use. Dissociative fugue, in contrast, is characterized by this amnesia accompanied by purposeless and bewildered wandering. Because the condition is rare and may present with psychosis-like features, dissociative fugue can easily be overlooked in clinical...