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Amnesia causes

Introduction

Overview

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

Causes

Common Causes

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Amnesia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Neurological
 
Trauma
 
Psychological
 
Drug Induced
 
Nutrition deficiency
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
•Alzheimer’s Disease
•Parkinson’s Disease
•Dementia with Lewy bodies
•Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
•Stroke
 
•Vascular dementia
•Radiation[2]
 
•Depression[1]
•Anxiety
•Childhood sexual abuse
 
•Marijuana abuse
•Benzodiazepine[3]
•Chemotherapy[2]
•Electroconvulsive therapy[4]
 
•Thiamine deficiency
•Vitamin B12 deficiency
•Hypoxia[1]
•Hypoglycemia[1]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
References

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Sadock, Benjamin J., and Virginia A. Sadock. Kaplan & Sadock’s concise textbook of clinical psychiatry. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. Print
  4. ↑ 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.

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