Psychogenic amnesia is characterized by an impaired retrieval process of stored information, while the acquisition of new information is conserved. In addition, patients with this condition may display a state of belle indifference towards their own situation and may manifest deficits in emotional processing. So far, these conditions were noted cursorily in previous case descriptions, but have not been investigated thoroughly. We report data on two female juvenile patients that were examined with neuropsychological, including remote memory tests. No impairments in cognitive or anterograde mnestic functions but, as expected, severe disturbances in remote memory tests were found. Additionally, we administered tests to assess basic and higher emotional processing functions. Both patients showed evidence of impaired higher and, though to a lesser extent, basic emotional processing skills. Finally, we discuss the contribution of (self-)consiousness, the current emotional state and emotional processing skills as possible factors, maintaining the condition of psychogenic amnesia.

中文翻译：

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青少年心因性健忘症的情绪和意识。

心因性健忘症的特征是存储信息的检索过程受损，同时保留了新信息的获取。此外，患有这种疾病的患者可能对自己的处境表现出冷漠的状态，并可能在情绪处理上表现出缺陷。到目前为止，在先前的案例描述中粗略地注意到了这些条件，但尚未进行彻底的调查。我们报告了两名接受神经心理学检查的女性青少年患者的数据，包括远程记忆测试。没有认知或顺行记忆功能受损，但正如预期的那样，在远程记忆测试中未发现严重干扰。此外，我们进行了测试，以评估基本和更高的情感处理功能。两名患者均显示出较高水平受损的证据，虽然程度较轻，但基本的情感处理能力却很强。最后，我们讨论了（自我）自觉的贡献，当前的情绪状态和情绪处理技能，作为可能的因素，维持了心因性健忘症的状况。