On the TV show 24,Terri experiences several stressors.She and her daughter are kidnapped,her husband is on a danger mission to track down terrorists,and after escaping from their captors,Terri witnesses her daughter become a victim of a fiery car crash.After fainting,Terri awakens and cannot remember any personal information about herself or her family.It appears Terri is suffering from ____.

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Terri's inability to remember personal information after experiencing traumatic events is consistent with dissociative amnesia, which is a condition in which a person cannot recall important personal information due to stress or trauma. Cyclothymic disorder and dissociative identity disorder are not supported by the information given, and while anterograde amnesia is a condition in which a person cannot form new memories, Terri's memory loss seems to be specific to personal information, rather than a general impairment of memory formation.

On the TV Show 24,Terri Experiences Several Stressors