Organic amnesia

Japanese: 器質健忘 - きしっけんぼう
Organic amnesia

…Amnesia is likely to occur when brain function is suddenly impaired, causing impaired consciousness. Amnesia caused by organic brain damage is called organic amnesia, and can be seen after head trauma (concussion, cerebral hemorrhage), cerebrovascular disease (stroke, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis), encephalitis, carbon monoxide poisoning, alcohol poisoning, epileptic seizures, etc. Amnesia caused by psychological causes (shock) is called psychogenic amnesia.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "organic amnesia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…健忘は脳機能が急激に障害されて意識障害を生じた場合に起こりやすい。器質的な脳障害のために生じた場合を器質健忘といい,頭部外傷(脳震盪(しんとう),脳内出血),脳血管障害(脳卒中,脳出血,脳血栓),脳炎,一酸化炭素中毒,アルコール中毒,癲癇(てんかん)発作などの後にみられる。心理的原因(ショック)による場合を心因健忘という。…

※「器質健忘」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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