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Dissociative Amnesia

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Dissociative amnesia is an inability to recall important autobiographical information, typically of a traumatic nature, beyond ordinary forgetting.

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A person cannot recall a specific period while other memory functions remain intact.

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Organic causes must be excluded first. Dissociative amnesia is a diagnosis of exclusion.

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