Question

Larissa had absolutely no memory of violently beating her abusive husband with a baseball bat and leaving him for nearly dead. psychologists diagnosed her with __________, and the courts found her not criminally responsible for her actions.

Answer 1

This would describe what is known as the dissociative amnesia or also known as the psychogenic amnesia. This is what the psychologists would have diagnosed Larissa as she experienced the symptoms of this which are the sudden memory loss that occurs for period of time and is a result of some trauma or stress.