Betty Parman, 31 years old, upon awakening in the morning, goes to her son's room and finds it empty. She becomes hysterical. Sh
e cannot remember what happened last week. Her husband reports that their 15-month-old son Steven contracted a virus and was hospitalized and placed on a ventilator. He died last week, and the funeral was three days ago. Betty remembers none of this
dissociative amnesia is a dissociative disorder . it can be term as the lack of the ability to remember/recur essential information mostly personal information that should not be easily forgotten ordinarily like that. I it main causative reason is usually as a result of trauma or stress. in this type of disorder it can easily be called mental sickness or break done, memory loss, identity disruption e.t.c it is selective in nature that is importance event, information e.t.c. are forgotten by individual which ordinarily shouldn't be forgotten.
This was done in order for the doctors to be sure that they have the best subject for the experiment. The doctors will have a basis for comparison in order to measure the effects of the procedure after it is done.
