Question

Jerome, a 54-year-old male, has been found living on a small farm in the Mid-west, nearly 800 miles from his apartment in New York City. Although he was once a successful stock trader, he has no recollection of this former life and has assumed the identity of a novice farmer. His wife identifies him based on his appearance, although he has no recollection of his life with her. This is most consistent with what diagnosis

Answer 1

Answer: Dissociative fugue

Explanation:

Dissociative fugue is a disorder where an individual experiences leaving their environment for some time coupled with experiencing amnesia and loss of memory considering what happened that period they were away.

It is a rare disorder.

Jerome's inability to remember the life he lived a certain time is referred to Dissociative fugue