Tag: Psychiatry
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Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that causes extreme shifts in mood, energy, and b Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels, concentration, and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. -National Institue of Mental Health
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Continuous amnesia
Continuous amnesia occurs when patients have no memory of events up to and including the present time. This means that patients are alert and aware of their surroundings but are not able to remember anything.
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Generalized amnesia
Generalized amnesia is when one does not recall any information in their lifetime, including own identity.
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Localized Amnesia
Localized amnesia is lack of memory of certain moments or events such as traumatic periods of time.
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Systematized amnesia
Systematized amnesia occurs when patients have a loss of memory for certain categories of information, such as certain places or persons.
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