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See Amnesia (computer game) for another meaning of this word Amnesia or amnaesia (see spelling differences) is a condition in which memory is disturbed. The causes of amnesia are organic or functional. Organic causes include damage to the brain, through trauma or disease, or use of certain (generally sedative) drugs. Functional causes are psychological factors, such as defense mechanisms. Hysterical post-traumatic amnesia is an example of this. Amnesia may also be spontaneous, in the case ...
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Memory Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- American Psychological Association http://www.apa.org/
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/
- Administration on Aging
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse
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