A 27-year-old woman is receiving treatment at an outpatient mental health clinic. She has been severely depressed since her husband and infant daughter were killed in a car accident
She cannot remember any events immediately before or after the accident and reports that she occasionally has trouble recalling her own name and other personal information. This pattern most likely represents which of the following disorders?
A) Dissociative fugue
B) Dissociative amnesia
C) Post-traumatic stress disorder
D) Depersonalization disorder
Ans: B
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Dissociative amnesia is characterized by loss of memory that is not organic and involves an inability to recall events or facts too extensive to be labeled as mere forgetfulness.
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