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Types of Amnesia
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Sudden, unexplained memory loss that is not attributable to other more common neurological conditions.
Dissociative Amnesia
Forgetting or displacing information that is traumatic or distressing.
Repressed Amnesia
Memory distortion phenomenon where a person recalls something that did not actually occur.
False Memory Syndrome
Loss of memory due to the ingestion of substances or following a medical procedure.
Drug or Alcohol-Induced Amnesia
Person invents new memories and believes they have a life that is not their own.
Confabulation
Inability to remember information acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation.
Retrograde Amnesia
Inability to form new memories after a traumatic event, although old memories may remain intact.
Anterograde Amnesia
Loss of memory for events that occurred momentarily before an injury.
Post-Traumatic Amnesia
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