Amnesia

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Amnesia (or psychogenic amnesia) is a dissociative disorder characterized by loss of memory of happenings the occurred during a certain time period, or loss of memory dealing with personal identity. Forms of amnesia include:

  • retorgrade amnesia
  • anterograde amnesia
  • selective amnesia

Sources

Abnormal Psychology, Rosenhan & Seligman, 1984