FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA

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N., Sam M.S.
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a psychiatric disorder with amnesia for autobiographical events. Episodic memory is lost about yourself as is semantic memory when a person will forget who they are.

FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA: "Functional amnesia is also called affective amnesia."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. Dissociative Identity Disorder
  2. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY INTERVIEW (AMI)
  3. CHILD PSYCHIATRY
  4. SENILE PSYCHOSIS (Senile Brain Disease, Senile Dementia)
  5. SCHIZOPHRENIA (OTHER TYPES)
  6. EXOTIC PSYCHOSES
  7. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
  8. HYPERMNESIA
  9. ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA
  10. PARAMNESIA
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "FUNCTIONAL AMNESIA," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/functional-amnesia/ (accessed August 17, 2022).

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