A D Macleod1. 1. Department of Psychological Medicine, Christchurch School of Medicine, New Zealand.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to report an aspect of the management of a case of dissociative fugue. CLINICAL PICTURE: A Vietnam veteran was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. TREATMENT: Treatment involved the provision of a locator beacon worn in a neck chain. OUTCOME: This treatment resulted in the curtailment of the dissociative fugue episodes. CONCLUSION: The locator device proved a useful component of a multimodal treatment regime.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to report an aspect of the management of a case of dissociative fugue. CLINICAL PICTURE: A Vietnam veteran was suffering post-traumatic stress disorder. TREATMENT: Treatment involved the provision of a locator beacon worn in a neck chain. OUTCOME: This treatment resulted in the curtailment of the dissociative fugue episodes. CONCLUSION: The locator device proved a useful component of a multimodal treatment regime.