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Dissociative Amnesia
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Dissociative Amnesia
- formerly Psychogenic Amnesia, is a pervasive loss of memory of
significant personal information. This disorder is characterized by a
blocking out of critical personal information. Dissociative amnesia,
unlike other types of amnesia, does not result from other medical trauma,
such as a blow to the head.
psychnet-uk
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Dissociative Amnesia (DA) - Individuals with DA are unable to remember
important information, and the loss of memory is too extensive to have
occurred through normal forgetting. Healthinmind/Mental Health
Disorders/Dissociative Disorders
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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Dissociative Amnesia - An
inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic
or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by normal
forgetfulness.
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Wednesday November 12, 2008
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