Question

Dennis, a new york city investment broker, quit his job in a fit of rage after being accused of embezzling thousands of dollars of his clients' money. four months later, the police discovered dennis driving a cab in los angeles. dennis claimed that his name was actually michael hart, that he had always been a cab driver in los angeles, and that he had no knowledge of dennis. even after he was positively identified as dennis, “michael hart” insisted that he was someone else. assuming that he was not faking his condition to escape arrest, dennis was probably suffering from:

Answer 1

Dennis may face a depersonalize disorder.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Dennis may face a manic depressive disorder. It's among the many types of memory loss whereby a person would not have the ability to remember somebody's past and unexpectedly form a further mental identity.

• This happened to Dennis when he told investigators officers Michael Hart was his title.
• Depersonalization disorder, also recognized as derealization disorder, is a disorder where the individual has constant or chronic derealization feelings.

Answer 2

Dennis could be suffering from a dissociative fugue. It is one of the many kinds of amnesia wherein an individual would not have the ability to recall someone's past and suddenly forming another identity from the mind. This happened to Dennis when he told the policemen that his name was Michael Hart.