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Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Fugue

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Handbook of Dissociation

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In 1991, I published a comprehensive review of dissociative (psychogenic) amnesia (DA) and dissociative (psychogenic) fugue (DF), emphasizing the relationship of these conditions to overwhelming psychological trauma (Loewenstein, 1991b). Since the publication of that work, several additional studies have been published that support the basic premises of that review. Also, I have recently published a review of treatment of dissociative amnesia and dissociative fugue (Loewenstein, 1995). In addition, however, there has arisen an intense public and academic controversy about the validity of delayed adult recollections of childhood traumatic events, particularly those for which the individual reports prior amnesia (Loftus, 1993). Further, critics of the dissociation-trauma model have questioned whether DA for traumatic events ever occurs (McHugh, 1992). This chapter will update the prior review. In addition, however, I will discuss issues in the current controversy over the delayed recollection of traumatic events.

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