Dissociative Amnesia

Dissociative amnesia is defined by its words. Separation from the mind and detachment from identity. Dissociative disorders generally involve disintegration of the memory, perception, and conscious. These manifestations interfere with routine and daily functioning of an individual. This particular disorder occurs when the patient blocks and represses particular information, usually correlated with a traumatic or stressful situation. This specific amnesia is complex as it doesn’t erase existing memories rather they are submerged in the abyss of the patient's psyche. These memories might resurface if the patient is impacted from their environment or on their own. Psychogenic amnesia is induced by several factors. These are the important …show more content…
It is shaped like two horns and are curved backwards. It converts your external stimuli into two portions one cased in the short term memory folder and another in the long term memory folder. If this organ is damaged the patient will not be able to build new memories nor recall and identify old ones. The hippocampus is one of the few areas of the brain capable of growing new neurons. The cerebral cortex represents the broader picture. It plays a significant role in memory, perception, thought, language, and consciousness. It is divided into four lobes. The frontal lobe is involved in conscious thought and decision making and processing long-term and short term memories. The parietal lobe is incorporating information from a multifarious of senses. And in determining geographically how proximal or peripheral an object is from you. It serves as your personal global navigation system. The temporal lobe is a part of distinguishing the sense of smell and sound, and processing speech faces and scenes. It plays a key role in long term anamnesis. The fourth and final lobe is the occipital lobe and unlike the previous three has only one consequential role to aid the body in …show more content…
Recognition is associated with an event or object that’s paired with a previously encountered or experienced process. It’s the compare and contrast of information with memory. It deals with recognizing faces or places. Recall is associated with an object that’s not physically present. For example knowing a person’s name or solving short answer questions. Of the three main types of recall the one that patients suffering from dissociative amnesia have problems with is their serial recall. This type of recall refers to our ability to recall items and events in order. Specifically with these types of amnesic patients they have trouble recalling their autobiographical memories which are part of explicit/declarative

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