Question

Jeremy is unable to recall who he is or where he lives. If Jeremy's only symptom is this loss of memory, and if he has not experienced any physical trauma to the brain, his amnesia would be considered a(n) __________ disorder.

Answer 1

Dissociation amnesia

Explanation:

Dissociation amnesia is a psychiatric disorder. This is related to a person forgetting about their personal information that generally not lost by simple forgetting. It is a type of fugue that related to the loss of identity. This happened due to some cause and trauma. In amnesia, there is caused memory loss.

Symptoms and sign:

• Localized symptoms
• Generalized symptoms
• Selective symptoms
• Continuous amnesia
• Dissociation fugue