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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:  Zehra Malik, M.B.B.S[2]

## Overview

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Common causes of amnesia include medications, head trauma, depression and aging. Less common cause of amnesia are childhood sexual abuse, traumatic incident, psychological trauma, hypoxia, thiamine deficiency, alcohol abuse, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease, benzodiazepines, hypoglycemia, stroke, electroconvulsive therapy.

## Causes

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### Common Causes

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* Common causes of amnesia include medications, head trauma, depression and aging.[1]

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| •Alzheimer's Disease
•Parkinson's Disease
•Dementia with Lewy bodies
•Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
•Stroke|

| •Vascular dementia
•Radiation[2]|

| •Depression[1]
•Anxiety
•Childhood sexual abuse|

| •Marijuana abuse
•Benzodiazepine[3]
•Chemotherapy[2]
•Electroconvulsive therapy[4]|

| •Thiamine deficiency
•Vitamin B12 deficiency
•Hypoxia[1]
•Hypoglycemia[1]|

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Erickson KR (1990). "Amnestic disorders. Pathophysiology and patterns of memory dysfunction". West J Med. 152 (2): 159–66. PMC 1002292. PMID 2154898.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cascella M, Di Napoli R, Carbone D, Cuomo GF, Bimonte S, Muzio MR (2018). "Chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment: mechanisms, clinical features and research perspectives". Recenti Prog Med. 109 (11): 523–530. doi:10.1701/3031.30289. PMID 30565571.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ Sadock, Benjamin J., and Virginia A. Sadock. Kaplan & Sadock's concise textbook of clinical psychiatry. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008. Print
4. ↑ Benbow, SM (2004) "Adverse effects of ECT". In AIF Scott (ed.) The ECT Handbook, second edition. London: The Royal College of Psychiatrists, pp. 170–174.

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