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A 34-year-old patient presents with repeated episodes of short-lived memory loss. The patient reports frequent episodes where he wakes up in a different place with no memory of traveling there. The episode is known as:
  1. Fugue state
  2. Anterograde amnesia
  3. Retrograde amnesia
  4. Selective amnesia
Explanation
Answer - A - Fugue state is characterized by diffused episodes of reversible amnesia; frequently, the patient doesn’t recall chunks of events in their lives. Anterograde amnesia refers to loss of ability to retain new memories that occur after the amnesia event, while retrograde amnesia refers to ability to recall previous events that occur before the amnesia event. Selective amnesia is the loss of ability to recall a specific event.
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