mental health disorders
Dissociative Fugue
Treatment of Dissociative Fugue
A supportive environment Psychotherapy Sometimes hypnosis or medication-facilitated interviews If memory of only a very short time period is lost, providing a supportive environment may be all that is needed. This is especially true when there is no apparent need to recover the memory of some painful event. If the supportive environment is not helpful or there is a need to recover traumatic memories, other treatments are needed. If people have had dissociative fugues, Psychotherapy , sometimes combined with hypnosis or medication-facilitated interviews (interviews conducted after a sedative is given intravenously), may be used to try to help people remember the events of the fugue period. However, these efforts are often unsuccessful. Regardless, a psychotherapist can help people explore how they handle the types of situations, conflicts, and emotions that triggered the fugue and help them find better ways to respond in the future. This approach can help prevent fugues from recurring. 