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Amnesia
What is amnesia?
Amnesia is a profound memory loss which is usually caused either by physical injury to the brain or by the ingestion of a toxic substance which affects the brain. In addition, the memory loss can be caused by a traumatic, emotional event.
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DID/Trauma/Memory Reference List
This reference list was compiled over a six-month period in 1997. It covers a number of topics related to the false memory/recovered memory controversy, as well as the controversy over the validity of Dissociative Identity Disorder and the treatment of DID and trauma. Most of the references are dated from 1991 - 1997, the time during which the FMS debate has emerged. I used a combination of my usual reading plus Medline, ...
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Transient Global Amnesia
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Synonyms and related keywords: transient memory loss, paroxysmal loss of memory, transient loss ...
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Autobiographical memory and amnesia
Autobiographical remembering comprises multiple interacting mental activities. Much of our research emphasizes the distinction between two forms of autobiographical memory: semantic and episodic. Semantic autobiographical memory concerns historical facts, traits, and knowledge states that are not linked to a specific time and place. Episodic autobiographical memory concerns recollection of specific events, accompanied by a state of consciousness that marks ...
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Retrograde amnesia produced with the use of propofol for sedation in Caesarean section.
T.Masuda A.Akatsuka S.Kato A.Yoshino* S.Nagashima* S.Ogawa*
Department of Anaesthesia,Yokohama Central Hospital,Yokohama,Japan
Department of Anaesthesiology, Nihon Univ. School of Medicine,Tokyo,Japan*
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Propofol induced prograde amnesia have been reported previously. Propofol induced retrograde amnesia, however, have not yet been reported and it is still controversial.We, therefore, evaluated ...
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The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
Section 15. Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 188. Dissociative Disorders
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Dissociative Amnesia
An inability to recall important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature, that is too extensive to be explained by normal forgetfulness.
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Transient Global Amnesia
Diagnostic criteria proposed by Caplan, Hodges and Warlow. An attack must be witnessed by an observer who can provide additional information.
Anterograde amnesia must be present.
No clouding of consciousnes ...
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