Sudden Loss of Ability to Recall Important Personal Information, Usually

question 116

Multiple Choice

Sudden loss of ability to recall important personal information, usually related to traumatic or stressful experiences, in the absence of any physical trauma to the brain or drug intoxication
Characterizes ______.

• A) dissociative fugue
• B) dissociative amnesia
• C) retrograde amnesia
• D) depersonalization-derealization disorder

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Definitions:

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