Dissociative fugue refers to:
A)when only the traumatic event or events closely related to that trauma are not remembered.
B)when the patient forgets his or her personal identity in addition to access to their autobiographical past.
C)when the patient shows dissociations between explicit and implicit memory.
D)a rare form of reduplicative paramnesia.

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Dissociative fugue is a type of dissociative amnesia in which the individual forgets his or her personal identity, including access to their autobiographical past. They may suddenly travel away from their customary place of residence, may assume a new identity, and may have no recollection of their previous life. It is often a result of a traumatic event or extreme stress. Choice A refers to dissociative amnesia with selective memory loss, and choice C refers to dissociative amnesia with memory disruptions between explicit and implicit memory. Reduplicative paramnesia, choice D, is a rare form of delusional misidentification syndrome.

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