Eve, an unassuming soccer mom who drove a van and was president of her church-affiliated women's group, suddenly disappeared after her mother's death. Two years later Eve was discovered living in another state under a different identity. Here she led a single life, drove a sports car, and had taken on a job as a sales representative. Eve might be suffering from __________

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Eve's behavior is indicative of dissociative fugue, which is a dissociative disorder characterized by sudden and unexpected travel away from home, along with an inability to recall past events and personal information. The fact that she was living under a different identity and had taken on a new job is consistent with the fugue state. A mid-life crisis is unlikely as it usually does not result in a complete change of identity, and dissociative identity disorder is characterized by the presence of multiple personalities, which is not evident in Eve's case. Dissociative amnesia is characterized by the inability to recall specific personal information, but it does not involve a sudden travel away from home like in dissociative fugue.

Eve, an Unassuming Soccer Mom Who Drove a Van and Was