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Dissociative Amnesia

Dissociative Amnesia. By Thomas Cassidy. Symptoms. Inability to remember Past actions Personal information Lose consciousness Depression Anxiety. Disorder. Maladaptivity Memory loss Unjustifiable Behavior Waking up in random locations with no memory. Disorder. Disturbing Behavior

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Dissociative Amnesia

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  1. Dissociative Amnesia By Thomas Cassidy

  2. Symptoms • Inability to remember • Past actions • Personal information • Lose consciousness • Depression • Anxiety

  3. Disorder • Maladaptivity • Memory loss • Unjustifiable Behavior • Waking up in random locations with no memory

  4. Disorder • Disturbing Behavior • Hard to keep relationships • Burden • Typicality • Happen to anybody • Random occasions

  5. Causes • Psychological • Stressful events (war, abuse) • Repression • Biological • Genetics (?)

  6. Treatment • Psychoanalysis • Dream analysis • Psychotherapy • Increase insight • Medication

  7. Treatment • Cognitive Therapy • Changes abnormal thinking patterns • Family therapy • Clinical Hypnosis • Raises awareness through relaxation and concentration

  8. The Man with No Past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QajubDsCcrw&feature=player_embedded http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Dissociation_and_dissociative_disorders

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