Question

Caleb,a mercenary,was tortured for days in an underground cell.When he was rescued by Special Forces,a month later,Caleb could not remember the events of the previous month.To Caleb,it felt like he had just gone to war and,minutes later,was being pulled out of an underground cell.The doctors attributed Caleb's memory loss to the extensive psychological trauma that he experienced during his imprisonment.In the context of dissociative disorders,which of the following best describes Caleb's psychological disorder in this scenario?
A) Antisocial personality disorder
B) Borderline personality disorder
C) Dissociative identity disorder
D) Dissociative amnesia

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is D) Dissociative amnesia

Explanation:

Dissociative amnesia is a disorder characterized by memory loss caused by an intense episode of psychological stress, and which cannot be attributed to neurological brain damage or other organic causes. People who suffer from this problem are characterized by presenting only retrograde amnesia, but no anterograde amnesia; this means that they cannot recall past events, but they nevertheless have no difficulty storing new memories. In this sense, it should be noted that the memory of the traumatic event exists and is preserved, although the patient has difficulties accessing it. It is not, therefore, a difficulty to store memories, but to relive them.