OBJECTIVE To develop and test a clinical protocol for determining post-traumatic amnesia by retrospective questioning. To establish its limits and factors which influence reliability. DESIGN Two independent assessments using the Rivermead post-traumatic amnesia protocol were undertaken by separate observers on various groups of patients at various time intervals. Analysis investigated the cor...

Malingering amnesia is a phenomenon in which patients simulate or exaggerate their symptoms of memory loss. The purpose behind faking amnesia is usually for financial gain through insurance fraud or avoiding criminal punishment. This essay outlines various tests that are available to detect patients who may be simulating anterograde amnesia (inability to learn new information) and retrograde am...

Repeated testing of posthypnotic amnesia indicates that some Ss, initially responsive to the suggestion, show appreciable recovery of memory before the pre-arranged signal is given to cancel the amnesia. Comparison of Ss who received 2 successive memory tests during amnesia with others who received only a single test preceded by a distracting activity indicated that the recovery effect was attr...

introduction: many people with amnesia would like to try herbal therapies. ginkgo biloba is one of the most popular herbs which is used to treat amnesia. the beneficial effects of this plant, however, has not been scientifically assessed yet. although, there have been some reports on the memory enhancement effect of ginkgo biloba, the mechanism of its action is not yet explained well. consideri...

There is currently a complex and inconsistent state in the law relating to dissociation and dissociative amnesia (McSherry, 1998). Although dissociative amnesia in defendants is relevant to both competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility in principle, courts have typically assumed a skeptical stance toward such claims in practice. However, there is considerable evidence from both non...

OBJECTIVE Transient amnesia can be the principal manifestation of epilepsy. This diagnosis, however, is seldom suspected by clinicians and remains controversial. The amnestic attacks are often associated with persistent memory complaints. This study was designed to provide the first description of transient epileptic amnesia in a substantial series of patients. METHODS Fifty patients were rec...

During the past 100 years clinical studies of amnesia have linked memory impairment to damage of the hippocampus. Yet the damage in these cases has not usually been confined to the hippocampus, and the status of memory functions has often been based on incomplete neuropsychological information. Thus, the human cases have until now left some uncertainty as to whether lesions limited to the hippo...

background: the use of intravenous sedatives is common in gastrointestinal endoscopy. this study is to evaluate the safety and ef_cacy of propofol and/or midazolam in induction of proper sedation in esophagogastroduodenoscopy (egd) compared with a control group, which does not receive sedation for egd. â  methods: four groups (a, b, c and d) of 30 patients each for whom egd had been indicated w...