Dissociative disorders are characterized by the occurrence of manic or hypomanic episodes. a. true b. false

I believe the correct answer is false.

Dissociative disorders (DD) are conditions that are characterized by the breakdowns of memory and disruption conscious awareness, sense of identity, or perception. Therefore, the symptoms of DD are memory loss (amnesia) of certain time periods, events, people and personal information, loss of sense of being detached from yourself and your emotions and loss of perception of the people and things around you as distorted and unreal.