The police found a woman wandering through the university area of a small town. The woman was disheveled and seemed to be in a daze. When the police asked the woman for her name, she seemed bewildered. A search of missing persons reports revealed that she had been reported missing 4 months earlier in a city hundreds of miles away. The woman is most likely suffering from which of the following disorders?

A. dissociative identity disorder
B. schizophrenia
C. generalized anxiety disorder
D. dissociative fugue


Answer: D

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