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| ==Overview==
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| As [[source amnesia]] prohibits recollection of the context-specific information surrounding facts in experienced events, there is also the inclusive case of confusion concerning the content or context of events, a highly attributable factor to [[confabulation]] in [[brain disease]]. Such confusion has been loosely termed '''memory distrust syndrome''' by [[Gisli Gudjonsson|Gudjonsson]] and [[MacKeith]] in [[1982]]. A person who suffers from memory distrust syndrome may distrust his or her own memory and be motivated to rely on external (non-self) sources.
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| The overwhelming propensity to accept information from external sources (i.e. an interrogator) based on the influence of susceptibility has led to well documented false confessions. In addition, the credibility of a witness account who suffers from memory distrust syndrome is more questionable. In a parallel situation, amnesic individuals may have a greater propensity to have their memory manipulated and perhaps perform non-advantageous acts on the "direction" of external sources and have difficulty in differentiating imaginary and real experiences. Since it is an identified and natural occurrence that [[source amnesia]] pathology exists in the criminal law system, psychiatrists should increasingly take assessment and identification measures to isolate such a disorder on accused individuals and eye-witnesses.
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| ==References==
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| *{{cite journal
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| | last = Lakhan
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| | first = Shaheen
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| | title = Neuropsychological Generation of Source Amnesia: An Episodic Memory Disorder of the Frontal Brain
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| | journal = Journal of Medical and Biological Sciences
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| | volume = 1
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| | issue = 1
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| | publisher = Scientific Journals International
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| | url = http://www.scientificjournals.org/articles/1038.htm }}
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| [[Category:Psychiatry]]
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| [[Category:Memory disorders]]
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