Caleb,a mercenary,was tortured for days in an underground cell.When he was rescued by Special Forces,a month later,Caleb could not remember the events of the previous month.To Caleb,it felt like he had just gone to war and,minutes later,was being pulled out of an underground cell.The doctors attributed Caleb's memory loss to the extensive psychological trauma that he experienced during his imprisonment.In the context of dissociative disorders,which of the following best describes Caleb's psychological disorder in this scenario?

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Caleb's experience of not being able to remember a specific period of time (the month he was imprisoned) is characteristic of dissociative amnesia, which is a type of dissociative disorder. Furthermore, the doctors explained Caleb's memory loss as a result of the psychological trauma he experienced during his imprisonment, which is also consistent with dissociative amnesia. The other options (A, B, C) do not fit the description of Caleb's symptoms in this scenario.

Caleb,a Mercenary,was Tortured for Days in an Underground Cell