After being passed up for a promotion and then getting into a heated argument with his son,a man disappears.He shows up two weeks later in another town with no memory of who he is or how he got there.He is suffering from a(n)_______.

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The symptoms described in the scenario are indicative of a dissociative disorder, specifically the subtype known as dissociative amnesia. This disorder involves the sudden inability to recall important personal information, usually triggered by a traumatic event or extreme stress. The fact that the man has no memory of his identity or how he got to the other town supports this diagnosis. There is no indication of affective, somatoform, or schizophrenic disorders in this scenario.

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