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DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR:

Dissociative Fugue

Patients with this Dissociative Disorder suddenly and unexpectedly travel away from their home geographic location, experience impaired recallof their past. They may be confused about their former identity and may assume a new identity.

Diagnostic criteria for 300.13 Dissociative Fugue

A. The predominant disturbance is sudden, unexpected travel away from home or one's customary place of work, with inability to recall one's past.

B. Confusion about personal identity or assumption of a new identity (partial or complete).

C. The disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of Dissociative Identity Disorder and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition (e.g. temporal lobe epilepsy).

D. The symptoms cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA

Also: psychogenic fugue

The online Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders lists most of the major psychological disorders and illnesses and lists the criteria that must be fulfilled in order for a diagnosis to be made. This resource is not a substitute for proper professional psychiatric diagnosis.