It is challenging to understand the dissociative experiences and the origins of dissociative disorders. Contradictions of classification are due to the intrinsic difficulties to build up a theory of the mind that unifies neurobiology and psychodynamics. The authors discuss the conceptual basis of dissociation, with emphasis on the integration of neurobiology and phenomenology. The role of learning is discussed as well as the neodissociative, trauma, and sociocognitive theories for dissociative disorders.
Dissociation; dissociative disorders; theoretical models
