II. Definitions
- Psychogenic Amnesia (Dissociative Amnesia, Repressed Memory )
- Fugue State
- Prolonged Psychogenic Amnesia triggered by emotional event
- Sudden loss of personal identity (may be found wandering and confused)
- Amnesia is specific for personal memories and personal identity
- Patient may assume new identity
- Duration of hours to days (may persist months in some cases)
- On resolution, Amnesia persists for the time patient in Fugue State
III. Risk Factors
IV. Symptoms
- Amnesia surrounding a specific event (e.g. violent crime)
V. References
- Brown and Hachinski in Wilson et. al. (1991) Harrison's Internal Medicine, Twelfth Edition, McGraw-Hill, St. Louis, p.188-9
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| Definition (CSP) | subtype of hysterical neurosis; the current classification is dissociative disorders; sudden temporary alterations in the normally integrative functions of consciousness. |
| Concepts | Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048) |
| MSH | D004213 |
| ICD9 | 300.13 |
| ICD10 | F44.1 |
| SnomedCT | 192421001, 3586005, 80490004, 44376007 |
| DSM4 | 300.13 |
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| Italian | Fuga dissociativa, Fuga isterica, Fuga psicogena, Isteria dissociativa |
| Dutch | psychogene fugue, dissociatieve hysterie, hysterische fugue, dissociatief; fugue, fugue; dissociatief, fugue; hysterisch, hysterisch; fugue, Dissociatieve fugue, dissociatieve fugue, Fugue, Hysterie, dissociatieve |
| French | Fugue hystérique, Hystérie dissociative, Fugue dissociative, Fugue psychogène |
| German | hysterische Fugue, psychogene Fugue, dissoziative Hysterie, Hysterie, dissoziative, Dissoziative Fugue, dissoziative Fugue, Wandertrieb |
| Portuguese | Fuga psicogénica, Histeria dissociativa, Fuga histérica, Histeria Dissociativa, Fuga dissociativa, Fuga |
| Spanish | Histeria disociativa, Fuga histérica, Fuga psicógena, Histeria Disociativa, fuga (hallazgo), fuga disociativa, fuga histérica, fuga psicógena (trastorno), fuga psicógena, fuga, neurosis histérica, tipo disociativo, Fuga disociativa, Fuga |
| Japanese | 解離性遁走, 心因性遁走, ヒステリー性遁走, 解離ヒステリー, ｶｲﾘｾｲﾄﾝｿｳ, ﾋｽﾃﾘｰｾｲﾄﾝｿｳ, ｶｲﾘﾋｽﾃﾘｰ, ｼﾝｲﾝｾｲﾄﾝｿｳ |
| Czech | Disociační hysterie, Psychogenní fuga, Hysterická fuga, Disociační fuga, fuga, disociativní fuga |
| Korean | 해리성 둔주 |
| Hungarian | Hysteriás elkóborlás, Psychogen elkóborlás, Dissociativ hysteria, Dissociativ kóborlás |
| Norwegian | Dissosiativ hysteri, Hysteri, dissosiativt, Hysterisk psykose |
Ontology: Dissociative Amnesia (C0236795)
| Definition (NCI) | A disorder characterized by a retrospective gap in memory of important personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature; the memory loss far exceeds ordinary forgetfulness and is not the result of substance use or the consequence of a medical condition. |
| Concepts | Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction (T048) |
| MSH | D000647 |
| ICD9 | 300.12 |
| ICD10 | F44.0 |
| SnomedCT | 192420000, 191716000, 84209002 |
| DSM4 | 300.12 |
| Italian | Amnesia dissociativa, Amnesia psicogena |
| Dutch | psychogene amnesie, amnesie; dissociatief, dissociatief; amnesie, Dissociatieve amnesie, dissociatieve amnesie |
| French | Amnésie psychogène, Amnésie dissociative |
| German | psychogene Amnesie, Dissoziative Amnesie, dissoziative Amnesie |
| Portuguese | Amnésia psicogénica, Amnésia dissociativa |
| Spanish | Amnesia psicógena, amnesia disociativa, amnesia psicógena (trastorno), amnesia psicógena, neurosis de amnesia, Amnesia disociativa |
| Japanese | 心因性健忘, 解離性健忘, ｶｲﾘｾｲｹﾝﾎﾞｳ, ｼﾝｲﾝｾｲｹﾝﾎﾞｳ |
| English | psychogenic amnesia, dissociative amnesia (diagnosis), dissociative amnesia, Dissociative Amnesia, Amnesias, Dissociative, Dissociative Amnesias, amnesia dissociative, Dissociative amnesia (disorder), Psychogenic amnesia, Amnesia neurosis, Dissociative amnesia, Psychogenic amnesia (disorder), dissociative; amnesia, amnesia; dissociative, Amnesia, Dissociative |
| Czech | Psychogenní amnézie, Disociační amnézie, disociativní amnézie, disociační amnézie |
| Korean | 해리성 기억상실증 |
| Hungarian | Dissociativ amnesia, Psychogen amnesia |
| Norwegian | Amnesi, dissosiativ, Dissosiativ amnesi |
Ontology: Repressed Memory (C0376366)
| Concepts | Mental Process (T041) |
| MSH | D012094 |
| English | Memories, Repressed, Memory, Repressed, repressed memory, repressed memories, memories repressed, Repressed Memory |
| Portuguese | Memória Reprimida |
| Spanish | Memoria Represiva |
| French | Mémoire réfoulée |
| German | Unterdrückte Erinnerungen |
| Czech | potlačená paměť |
| Norwegian | Fortrengt minne |
| Italian | Memoria repressa |
| Dutch | Verdrongen herinnering |
Ontology: Fugue state (C0860635)
| Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
| Dutch | fuguetoestand |
| French | Etat de fugue |
| German | Fugue-Zustand |
| Italian | Stato di fuga |
| Portuguese | Estado de fuga |
| Spanish | Estado de fuga |
| Japanese | 遁走, ﾄﾝｿｳ |
| English | fugue states (symptom), brief changes in identity (fugue states), fugue states, brief changes in identity, Fugue state, fugue state |
| Czech | Stav fugy |
| Hungarian | Fúga állapot |
