A doctor enters her office and greets her patient, "Good morning, Ted." The patient answers in an unfamiliar voice, "Ted has gone away." The doctor asks, "Would you like to tell me your name?" "I'm Ernie, and I don't like you!" her patient replies. This patient has

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The sudden change in identity and memory loss are indicative of dissociative identity disorder. Dissociative fugue involves people forgetting their current identity and past, often accompanied by physical relocation, but does not involve the presence of multiple distinct identities. Generalized amnesia is a type of amnesia in which people forget their entire life history or a substantial portion of it. An attitude disorder is not a recognized mental disorder.

A Doctor Enters Her Office and Greets Her Patient, "Good