Psychogenic amnesia: When memory complaints are medically unexplained

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 152-158

  McKay, Gavin C M ^a,b   Kopelman, Michael D ^a,c  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b King's College London ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALINGERING; MULTIPLE PERSONALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOGENIC AMNESIA; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA;

EID: 68949197523     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.105.001586     Document Type: Article

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