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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Common causes of amnesia include medications, head trauma, depression and aging. Less common cause of amnesia are childhood sexual abuse, traumatic incident, psychological trauma, hypoxia, thiamine deficiency, alcohol abuse, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease, benzodiazepines, hypoglycemia, stroke, electroconvulsive therapy.
Causes
Common Causes
- Common causes of amnesia include medications, head trauma, depression and aging.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Erickson KR (1990). "Amnestic disorders. Pathophysiology and patterns of memory dysfunction". West J Med. 152 (2): 159–66. PMC 1002292. PMID 2154898.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cascella M, Di Napoli R, Carbone D, Cuomo GF, Bimonte S, Muzio MR (2018). "Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment: mechanisms, clinical features and research perspectives". Recenti Prog Med. 109 (11): 523–530. doi:10.1701/3031.30289. PMID 30565571.
- ↑ Sadock, Benjamin J., and Virginia A. Sadock. Kaplan & Sadock's concise textbook of clinical psychiatry. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. Print
- ↑ Benbow, SM (2004) "Adverse effects of ECT". In AIF Scott (ed.) The ECT Handbook, second edition. London: The Royal College of Psychiatrists, pp. 170–174.