The police found a man wandering through the downtown area. The man was disheveled and seemed to be in a daze. When the police asked the man for his name, he seemed bewildered. A search of missing persons reports revealed
he had been reported missing three months ago in a town more than 700 miles away. The man is most likely suffering from
a) schizophrenia.
b) dissociative fugue.
c) generalized anxiety disorder.
d) dissociative identity disorder.
b
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a. experiments using medication b. checking reports from doctors' offices c. testing personality traits of individuals who have experienced these issues d. use of different brain imaging methods to determine where loss of function occurs