Amnesia


 Psychic disorders resulting from bodily disorder
Disorder in the experience of
the body

Faking illness
Alzheimer
Amnesia

Origin
Amnesia is a partly memory disorder. It can have different causes:
  1. Meningitis
  2. Concussion
  3. Alcoholism
Symptoms
Amnesia patients suffer from a partly memory disorder. Things that happened a long time ago can still be remembered most of the time, but often the patient is no longer aware when and how they happened.

Amnesia patients lack the ability to learn and to remember new things. There is a total inability to remember things that just happened.

Treatment
Unfortunately there is no treatment available against amnesia. The effects of amnesia can be so strong that they unable the patient to live at home.

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