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AMNESIA.
FACT
OR
FACTION?
Amnesia is common in real
life.
Brain damage
can certainly
cause
amnesia,
more common causes are
related to
disturbance
in
consciousness
like
coma,
delirium and
pathological
drinking
etc.
Organic disturbance
of
the
brain
is
another cause of amnesia
that
is
common
in
the elderly. Stroke
patients
often
have an
element
of
amnesia
but
is likely
to
be temporary. Another
form
of amnesia
is
entirely psychological
-
a partial
loss
of
memory confined to
periods of a
lew
days
to
months and
usually triggered otf
by
extreme
grief.
Hypnosis and psychotherapy
can
help the
patient
to
recovery.
Such
phenomenon has been incorporated
in
many
television serials and
other
literature
work.
Whilst
there
is
eitherover-simplification
or
over-
dramatization
in these stories,
the
clinical psychology
of
amnesia in
real
life
just cannot
be
clarified
in
a
limited
passage.
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