Disturbances in Memory Flashcards
Complete absence of memory
Amnesia
Forgetting further events
The client finds it difficult to remember things that occurred before a traumatic event
Retrograde Amnesia
Forgetting recent events
The client finds it difficult to remember things that occur after a traumatic event
Anterograde Amnesia (Goldfield’s Syndrome)
Incomplete absence of memory
Paramnesia
Fabricating stories to fill up lapses of memory caused by anterograde amnesia
Confabulation
Amnesia experienced by alcoholics about behavior during drinking bout
Blackout
Recollection of and belief in an event that did not actually occur
False Memory
Temporary inability to remember a name or proper noun
Lethologica
Familiarity of events that are unfamiliar
Has seen
Deja vu
Unfamiliarity of events that are familiar
Jamais vu
Familiarity of sounds that are unfamiliar
Deja entendu
Unfamiliarity of sounds that are familir
Jamais entendu