A disorder characterized by a sudden inability to recall important personal information, such as one's identity, who one's friends and relatives are, or past experiences, which cannot be traced to organic problems such as a blow to the head or alcoholic intoxication, is called ______.

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The disorder described is dissociative amnesia, which involves sudden memory loss that cannot be explained by organic factors. Depersonalization involves feeling detached from oneself or one's surroundings, dissociative fugue involves sudden travel away from one's home or work with inability to recall the past, and psychogenic amnesia is a more general term that can refer to any memory loss caused by psychological factors.

A Disorder Characterized by a Sudden Inability to Recall Important