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Psychogenic amnesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Psychogenic amnesia , also known as functional or dissociative amnesia , is a disorder characterized by abnormal memory functioning in the absence of structural brain damage or a known neurobiolo...
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Amnesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amnesia (from Greek ) is a memory condition in which memory is disturbed. In simple terms it is the loss of memory. The causes of amnesia are organic or functional. Organic causes include damage to t...
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Dissociative amnesia, formerly called psychogenic amnesia, is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness or awareness, identity and/or perception—mental functions that normally operate smoothly.
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In one form of psychogenic amnesia, called fugue state, individuals may forget not only their pasts but their very identities. Despite the many Hollywood movies depicting this phenomenon, fugue state is extremely rare in real life.
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Dissociative amnesia, formerly called psychogenic amnesia, is one of a group of conditions called dissociative disorders. Dissociative disorders are mental illnesses that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, consciousness or awareness, identity and/or perception.
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Mechanisms in psychogenic amnesia ... The present paper will use the term psychogenic amnesia to refer to all instances in which memory loss is presumed to have a psychological, rather than an organic, basis. ... This term allows for the facts that (i) both organic and psychogenic amnesia involve disordered 'function',
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