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Dissociative amnesia

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dissociative amnesia
type of disease
Subclass ofdissociative disorder, amnesia, amnesia Edit
Health specialtypsychiatry, clinical psychology, psychology Edit
Medical examinationDissociative Experiences Scale, Multiscale Dissociation Inventory Edit
ICD-9-CM300.12 Edit

Dissociative amnesia anaa psychogenic amnesia be a dissociative disorder "wey be characterized by retrospectively reported memory gaps. Dese gaps dey involve an inability to recall personal information, usually of a traumatic anaa stressful nature."[1] De concept be scientifically controversial den remain disputed.[2][3]

Na dissociative amnesia previously be known as psychogenic amnesia, a memory disorder, wich na e be characterized by sudden retrograde episodic memory loss, dem say to occur for a period of time wey dey range from hours to years to decades.[4]

De atypical clinical syndrome of de memory disorder (as dem oppose to organic amnesia) be say a person plus dissociative amnesia be profoundly unable to remember personal information about demaselves; der be a lack of conscious self-knowledge wich dey affect even simple self-knowledge, such as who dem be.[5] Dissociative amnesia be distinguished from organic amnesia insyd say e be supposed to result from a nonorganic cause: na no structural brain damage for be evident buh sam form of psychological stress for precipitate de amnesia.[6] Dissociative amnesia as a memory disorder be controversial.[7]

References

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  2. Otgaar, Henry; Howe, Mark L.; Patihis, Lawrence; Merckelbach, Harald; Jay Lynn, Steven; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Loftus, Elizabeth F. (4 Oct 2019). "The Return of the Repressed: The Persistent and Problematic Claims of Long-Forgotten Trauma". Perspectives on Psychological Science. 14 (6): 1072–1095. doi:10.1177/1745691619862306. PMC 6826861. PMID 31584864.
  3. McNally, Richard J. (2007). "Dispelling Confusion About Traumatic Dissociative Amnesia". Mayo Clinic Proceedings (in English). 82 (9): 1083–1087. doi:10.4065/82.9.1083. PMID 17803876.
  4. Arzy, S.; Collette, S.; Wissmeyere, M.; Lazeyras, F.; Kaplan, P. W. & Blank, O. (2001). "Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: a multimodal functional investigation". European Journal of Neurology. 18 (12): 1422–1425. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03423.x. PMID 21554495. S2CID 16572714. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  5. Serraa, L.; Faddaa, L.; Buccionea, I.; Caltagironea, C. & Carlesimoa, G. A. (2007). "Psychogenic and organic amnesia. A multidimensional assessment of clinical, neuroradiological, neuropsychological and psychopathological features". Behavioural Neurology. 18 (1): 53–64. doi:10.1155/2007/193140. PMC 5469968. PMID 17297220.
  6. Markowitsch, H. J.; Fink, G. R.; Thone, A.; Kessler, J.; Heiss, W-D. (1997). "A PET study of persistent psycogenic amnesia covering the whole life span". Cognitive Neuropsychiatry. 2 (2): 135–158. doi:10.1080/135468097396379. PMID 25420201.
  7. Lucchelli, F.; Spinnler, H. (2003). "The "psychogenic" versus "organic" conundrum of pure retrograde amnesia: Is it still worth pursuing?". Cortex. 38 (4): 665–669. doi:10.1016/s0010-9452(08)70033-9. PMID 12465679. S2CID 4482377.
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