Amnestic (Korsakoff's) syndrome

Amnestic (Korsakoff's) syndrome - psychopathological symptom in which the leading place is occupied by memory disorders to current events. Observed with organic brain lesions caused by intoxication, trauma, infections, alcohol polinevriticheskim psychosis (Korsakoff's psychosis), tumors, strokes. Patients do not remember the circumstances surrounding the individual, are not oriented in space and time, do not remember who they are just talking, what did you do, but they can talk about their participation in the events that allegedly had just occurred, and which actually was not ( konfabupyatsii). Outwardly, patients orderly behavior. There have been a sedentary, lack of initiative. The mood is often indifferent, sometimes reduced, with weakness, fatigue, irritability; in some cases - complacent, elated (euphoria). When storing rough disorder stored in memory on the events that took place before the disease on professional knowledge, previous experience. Thinking as if caused only by external impressions. No internal activity aimed at achieving a certain goal.

However, patients retain the ability to reasonably speculate, do correct conclusions, unless you want to support in the memories of current events.