Case Report — Hysterical Amnesia as an Alternative to Suicide

1982 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gisli H. Gudjonsson ◽  
Lionel R. C. Haward
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia

A case of hysterical amnesia is presented together with psychometric, psychophysiological and behavioural data. In the early stages of the amnesia the patient appeared preoccupied with death which was stress-related as measured by the Dektor Psychological Stress Evaluator. Any attempt to reduce the amnesia made the patient become markedly suicidal. The findings are interpreted as supporting the hypothesis that in certain circumstances dissociative amnesia can be a substitute for suicide.

Anti-GAD autoimmune encephalitis resembling long term chronic dissociative amnesia case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 429 ◽  
pp. 118814
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Trillo Alvarez ◽  
Joshua Medina Suárez ◽  
Claudio Ibañez Escalante ◽  
Joaquin Molina Acosta ◽  
Juan Valdivia Pino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Autoimmune Encephalitis ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia

An Intravenous Lorazepam Infusion for Dissociative Amnesia: A Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 814-818
Author(s):  
Shixie Jiang ◽  
Steven Gunther ◽  
Kimberly Hartney ◽  
Theodore A. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia

Amnesia or Simulation? - Case Report

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-1
Author(s):  
J. Ferreira ◽  
T. Santos ◽  
A. Mesquita
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Clinical Case ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Social Dysfunction ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia ◽  
Upper Abdomen ◽  
Shed Light

The boundaries of simulation and dissociative amnesia are thin and not rarely unclear. Diagnostic criteria and a thorough clinical history are sometimes not enough to shed light on the nature and essence of one's will and conduct. Throughout history, psychiatry has been challenged to testify before society over patients’ truth and deceit. Do they share common grounds or must we accept that uncertainty is the inevitable price of truth?The authors present a clinical case of a young man coming to the emergency services with multiple lacerations in the upper abdomen and limbs, referring “amnesia” for the last five years of his life. The patient had no previous psychiatric record or any known family or social dysfunction. Approach, management and diagnosis are discussed.

scholarly journals Idiopathic clitoromegaly: Reduction clitoroplasty at Al-Rahma Hospital Zanzibar Tanzania: A case report and review of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-279
Author(s):  
Mohammed Mbarouk ◽  
Fatuma Lijohi ◽  
AK Mteta ◽  
Samuel Kibona ◽  
Emanuel Itambu
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Psychological Stress ◽  
Neurovascular Bundle ◽  
Sexual Response ◽  
Tactile Sensation ◽  
Review Of The Literature

We present a case of 5 years old female with of idiopathic clitoromegaly managed by reduction clitoroplasty, preserving the dorsal neurovascular bundle and extensive network of nerves around the corpora to the glans Clitoromegaly is an embarrassing condition causing psychological stress, requiring intervention. The goals of clitoroplasty are to achieve normal genital anatomy and to preserve tactile sensation with a satisfactory sexual response.

scholarly journals Rapid-onset supraventricular tachycardia following clozapine initiation and its management with verapamil: a case report

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 547
Author(s):  
Afnan A. Alwabili
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Adverse Effects ◽  
Supraventricular Tachycardia ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Rapid Onset ◽  
Treatment Resistant ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Drug Of Choice ◽  
Cardiovascular Side Effects

Clozapine is the drug of choice for treatment-resistant schizophrenia. However, the use of clozapine is limited by its serious adverse effects, which often underlie its discontinuation. The cardiovascular side effects that raise safety concerns include tachycardia, myocarditis and cardiomyopathy. The development of clozapine-induced tachycardia is usually observed on higher dosage especially at early stages of treatment. Here, author presented the case of a patient with treatment-resistant schizophrenia who developed asymptotic supraventricular tachycardia despite low dose of clozapine at the second day of treatment. Additionally, author explored the possibility of clozapine re-challenge in combination with verapamil treatment.

scholarly journals A Case Report of Dissociative Amnesia Involving “Detective Work”

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Sharifi ◽  
Ana Turner ◽  
Traci Fuglestad ◽  
Colleen Bell
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia

scholarly journals Dissociative Amnesia with Dissociative Fugue and Psychosis: a Case Report from a 25-Year-Old Ethiopian Woman

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Liyew Agenagnew ◽  
Elias Tesfaye ◽  
Selamawit Alemayehu ◽  
Mathewos Masane ◽  
Tilahun Bete ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Auditory Hallucination ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Findings ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Dissociative Amnesia ◽  
Scientific World

Introduction. The case after exposure to intense traumatic events manifests signs and symptoms of dissociative amnesia with a dissociative fugue and schizophrenia. The psychotic symptoms we found, in this case, were very complicated and mimicking primary psychotic disorders. Therefore, this might be a good forum for the scientific world to learn from this case report, how psychotic disorders coexist with dissociative disorders, since the literatures in this area are too rare. Main Symptoms and/or Important Clinical Findings. This case report focuses on the case of dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue and psychosis in a 25-year-old Ethiopian female who lost her husband and three children at the same time during the nearby ethnic conflict. Associated with amnesia, she lost entire autobiographical information, and she also had psychotic symptoms like delusions and auditory hallucination which is related to the traumatic event she faced. The Main Diagnoses, Therapeutic Interventions, and Outcomes. The diagnosis of dissociative amnesia with a dissociative fugue comorbid with schizophrenia was made, and both pharmacological and psychological interventions were given to the patient. After the intervention, the patient had a slight improvement regarding psychotic symptoms but her memory problem was not restored. Conclusions. The observation in this case report brings to the fore that individuals with dissociative amnesia with dissociative fugue can have psychotic symptoms, and it takes a longer time to recover from memory disturbances.

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