The police found a woman wandering through the university area of a small town. The woman was disheveled and seemed to be in a daze. When the police asked the woman for her name, she seemed bewildered. A search of missing persons reports revealed that she had been reported missing 4 months earlier in a city hundreds of miles away. The woman is most likely suffering from which of the following disorders?

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The woman's behavior is consistent with dissociative fugue, which is a dissociative disorder characterized by amnesia and sometimes travel to a new location. The woman's disheveled appearance and confusion suggest that she may have been in this state for some time. Therefore, dissociative fugue is the best choice. The other disorders listed do not fit with the symptoms described.

The Police Found a Woman Wandering Through the University Area