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A therapist on an inpatient unit conducts an intake with a 40-year-old man who was transported to the hospital by the police after an altercation in a park. He is unable to provide a medical or social history and reports having no memory before he arrived at the hospital. A police check reveals that he is an executive of a large company in a nearby city who was laid off a few days ago. At the end of his weeklong stay in the hospital, he has recovered his memory. The MOST likely diagnosis is: A. Dissociative Amnesia w. Dissociative Fugue B. Factitious D/O C. PTSD D. Acute Stress D/O A. Dissociative Amnesia w. Dissociative Fugue Dissociative Amnesia with Dissociative Fugue, is a rare disorder that occurs when a stressful event, in this case being laid off, triggers a memory lapse. Other symptoms may include impulsively wandering away from home, inability to recall past events, and confusion regarding one's identity.
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