When Betty lost her job, she kept returning to work each morning because she did not remember that she had been fired. She saw a
doctor, who found no brain injury or other neurological condition that would prevent her from remembering. Which psychological disorder is Betty most likely experiencing
Dissociative Disorders are simply a form of disorders that is characterized by a big, large or major changes in memory that do not have seems to have a known physical cause. Example of this type of disorder are Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Fugue, and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Dissociative Amnesia is simply defined as being unable to remember that is recall some very vital personal information (usually of an upsetting nature), at a level that is said to be above the normal forgetfulness of things. It is commonly discovered more in women than in men as it has time limits following some stressful event, and only retrograde losses. Memory loss includes personal experiences, generic memory abilities remain in intact. Medicaly, it has been reported that reatment for dissociative amnesia involves anxiolytic medications and supportive psychotherapy.
