000285812 001__ 285812 000285812 005__ 20260401142430.0 000285812 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.psycr.2025.100307 000285812 037__ $$aDZNE-2026-00348 000285812 082__ $$a610 000285812 1001_ $$aLau, C.$$b0 000285812 245__ $$aA photo logbook against dissociative amnesias - a case report 000285812 260__ $$a[Amsterdam]$$bElsevier$$c2026 000285812 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000285812 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000285812 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1775046168_19741 000285812 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000285812 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000285812 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000285812 520__ $$aWe report on a 47-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with a complex dissociative disorder, including dissociative identity disorder (DID) and dissociative amnesias in everyday life. Dissociative amnesias represent a major challenge for patients, as they reduce coherence in everyday experience and are accompanied by an impaired sense of agency. The neurobiological background of dissociative amnesia has been little researched, and therapeutic options specifically targeting this symptom are rare. In a photo elicitation interview, the patient reports of amnesias regarding her past, but also of time gaps in everyday life. To structure her experience of time, she reports of taking up to 200 photos of her immediate surroundings with her phone every day, which she regularly reviews in the evening. As an outcome, reviewing these photos provides a structuring frame for her everyday memory, reduces symptoms of perceived time gaps, and thereby increases her reported sense of agency. In addition, the photographic motifs also provide insights into the processing of dissociative experiences, e.g., regarding feelings of fragmentation and disruption. Furthermore, MRI-data of the patient were analysed and results are compatible with overall volume increases of the hippocampus following pattern completion tasks (specifically in CA2/3 subfields), and reduced volumes in CA1 subfields, as previously reported in patients with dissociative amnesia. The case report stresses the usefulness of photographs in complex dissociative disorders, as a complementary diagnostic tool regarding dissociative states and as a therapeutic method against dissociative amnesias. An involvement of the hippocampus is suggested but needs further scientific exploration. 000285812 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$a353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)$$cPOF4-353$$fPOF IV$$x0 000285812 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, Journals: pub.dzne.de 000285812 7001_ $$aSeifert, K.$$b1 000285812 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)9000865$$aMcCormick, C.$$b2 000285812 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)9002640$$aTaube, J.$$b3 000285812 7001_ $$aPhilipsen, A.$$b4 000285812 7001_ $$00000-0002-2760-2269$$aPensel, MC$$b5 000285812 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)3174801-6$$a10.1016/j.psycr.2025.100307$$gVol. 5, no. 1, p. 100307 -$$n1$$p100307$$tPsychiatry research case reports$$v5$$x2773-0212$$y2026 000285812 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/285812/files/DZNE-2026-00348.pdf$$yRestricted 000285812 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/285812/files/DZNE-2026-00348.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yRestricted 000285812 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588)1065079516$$6P:(DE-2719)9000865$$aDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen$$b2$$kDZNE 000285812 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588)1065079516$$6P:(DE-2719)9002640$$aDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen$$b3$$kDZNE 000285812 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-350$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-300$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bGesundheit$$lNeurodegenerative Diseases$$vClinical and Health Care Research$$x0 000285812 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline$$d2024-12-10 000285812 9201_ $$0I:(DE-2719)1011101$$kPatient Studies (Bonn)$$lPatient Studies (Bonn)$$x0 000285812 9201_ $$0I:(DE-2719)1011401$$kClinical Research Platform (CRP)$$lClinical Research Platform (CRP)$$x1 000285812 980__ $$ajournal 000285812 980__ $$aEDITORS 000285812 980__ $$aVDBINPRINT 000285812 980__ $$aI:(DE-2719)1011101 000285812 980__ $$aI:(DE-2719)1011401 000285812 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED