A breakdown in the coherence of the personality,resulting in significant changes in memory and/or identity is a central diagnostic feature of ______________.

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The dissociative disorders are characterized by disruptions in memory or identity, resulting in a fragmentation, or separation, of one's personality or sense of self. Depression, conversion disorder, and somatoform disorders do not necessarily involve a breakdown in personality coherence or changes in memory/identity.

A Breakdown in the Coherence of the Personality,resulting in Significant