Amnestic Disorders can arise from a variety ofgeneral medical conditions.
Diagnostic criteria for 294.0 Amnestic Disorder Due to... [Indicate the General Medical Condition]
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A. The development of memory impairment as manifested by impairment in the ability to learn new information or the inability to recall previously learned information.
B. The memory disturbance causes significant impairment in social or occupational functioning and represents a significant decline from a previous level of functioning.
C. The memory disturbance does not occur exclusively during the course of a Delirium or a Dementia.
D. There is evidence from the history, physical examination, or laboratory findings that the disturbance is the direct physiological consequence of a general medical condition (including physical trauma).
Specify if:
Transient: if memory impairment lasts for 1 month or less
Chronic: if memory impairment lasts for more than 1 month
Coding note: Include the name of the general medical condition on Axis I, e.g. 294.0 Amnestic Disorder Due to Head Trauma; also code the general medical condition on Axis III
Based on the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition APA
Research sources
| Topic | AN INTRODUCTION TO DISSOCIATION / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / DERMATOLOGY / DISSOCIATION AND DEEPENING / DYSTONIA / ERYTHROPHOBIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / I.M.R. THERAPY / INSOMNIA / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NAIL BITING / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / REGRESSIONS / DIAGNOSTIC SCALE / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SPECIFIC AGE REGRESSION / STAMMERING / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / TAKING A CASE HISTORY / OBSTETRICS
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| Reference | Waxman D (ed) (1989) Hartland's Medical and Dental Hypnosis 3rd edition Bailliere Tindall
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| Topic | ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING / ASTHMA / AUTOMATIC WRITING / AVERSION THERAPY / BRUXISM / DERMATOLOGY / DYSTONIA / FLOODING / GLOVE ANAESTHESIA / HALLUCINATIONS / HEADACHES / HYPNODONTICS / HYPNOSIS AND PAIN CONTROL / MASSED PRACTICE / MEMORY SUBSTITUTION / NOCTURNAL ENURESIS / PATTERN BREAKING INDUCTIONS / PSEUDO-ORIENTATION IN TIME / PSYCHOGENIC INFERTILITY / SMOKING CESSATION / SMOKING CESSATION / SUGGESTED AMNESIA / THE INTERSPERSAL TECHNIQUE / TINNITUS
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| Reference | Kroger WS (1977) Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis 2nd edition Lippincott
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| Topic | EGO STATE THERAPY
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| Reference | Douglass, V. F. (1994). The relation of spontaneous amnesia, ego states, and hidden observers to post-hypnotically dissociated task interference. Aust
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS MISC
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| Reference | Barnier, A. J. (2002). Post-hypnotic amnesia for autobiographical episodes: a laboratory model of functional amnesia? Psychological Science, 13: 232-7
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS MISC
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| Reference | Bartis, S. P., & Zamansky, H. S. (1986). Dissociation in hypnotic amnesia. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 29, 103-108.
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Dubreuil DL. Spanos NP. Bertrand LD. Does hypnotic amnesia dissipate with time? Imagination, Cognition Personality 1982;832(2):103-113. Investigated,
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Lieberman J. Lavoie G. Brisson A. Suggested amnesia and order of recall as a function of hypnotic susceptibility and learning conditions in chronic sc
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Radtke-Bodorik HL. Spanos NP. Haddad MG. The effects of spoken versus written recall on suggested amnesia in hypnotic and task-motivated subjects. Ame
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Schnyer DM. Allen JJ. Attention-related electroencephalographic and event-related potential predictors of responsiveness to suggested posthypnotic amn
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Simon MJ, Salzberg HC The effect of manipulated expectancies on posthypnotic amnesia Int J Clin Exp Hypn. 1985;33(1):40-51 The effects of manipulated
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Thorne DE. Amnesia and hypnosis. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1969;17(4):225-241. Explored the relative effects of 2 fact
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| Topic | HYPNOSIS TRIALS 1976 - 1998
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| Reference | Thorne DE. Hall HV. Hypnotic amnesia revisited. International Journal of Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis 1974;22(2):7-178. Randomly assigned 60 high-
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY BACKGROUND READING
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| Reference | Schuyler BA. Coe WC. A physiological investigation of volitional and nonvolitional experience during posthypnotic amnesia. Journal of Personality& Soc
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY BACKGROUND READING
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| Reference | Spanos, N.P., 1986, "Hypnotic Behavior: A Social-Psychological interpretation of amnesia, analgesia, and 'trance logic,'" Behavioral andBrain Sciences
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY BACKGROUND READING
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| Reference | Spanos, Nicholas P. (1986) "Hypnotic Behavior: A Social-Psychological Interpretation of Amnesia, Analgesia, and 'Trance Logic'," Behavioral andBrain S
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY BACKGROUND READING
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| Reference | W. Wells, 1940, "The extent and duration of post-hypnotic amnesia,"Journal of Psychology, 9:137-151.
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY MISC
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| Reference | LePage K, Goldney R. Delayed onset traumatic amnesia: Recall with state-dependent stimulus and hypnosis. Aust J Clin Exp Hypn 1989; 17: 89-92.
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| Topic | HYPNOTHERAPY MISC
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| Reference | Milos R. Hypnotic exploration of amnesia after cerebral injuries. Int J Clin Exp Hypn 1975; 23: 103-110. (PubMed)
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