Question

Patrick was recently involved in a car accident in which he was critically injured. He is unable to recall the events that led to the accident. Patrick is suffering from ________.

a. anterograde amnesia

b. retrograde amnesia

c. dissociative amnesia

d. infantile amnesia

Answer 1

With the mentioned 4 types of amnesia, Patrick is suffering from Anterograde amnesia is the most common. It is the loss of ability to form memories for a period of time after the accident, leading the individual not to “remember” a period of time after the traumatic head injury. This also refers to a decreased ability to retain new information. This can affect your daily activities. It may also interfere with work and social activities because you might have challenges creating new memories.

Also please find the reasons why other types of amnesias are not applicable for Partrick.

Retrograde amnesia as it is a form of amnesia where someone is unable to recall events that occurred before the development of the amnesia, even though they may be able to encode and memorize new things that occur after the onset

Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder that involves inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting. It is usually caused by trauma or stress. Diagnosis is based on history after ruling out other causes of amnesia.

Infantile amnesia, also called child amnesia, is the inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories before the age of two to four years, as well as the period before the age of ten of which adults retain fewer memories than might otherwise be expected given the passage of time.