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- A form of delirium in which the most prominent symptoms are disorders of
memory and orientation, usually with short-term memory deficit and both
retrograde and anterograde amnesia and clouding of consciousness (i.e. reduced
clarity of awareness of environment with reduced capacity to shift, focus, and
sustain attention to environmental stimuli).
- An acute stress reaction to new surroundings or new demands, common in
adolescence; it generally subsides as the person adjusts to the situation.
See also identity crisis, organic mental disorder.
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