title: [An amnesic adolescent].
abstract: Personality amnesia is a difficult and fairly uncommon problem in psychiatric practice. We report the case of a 15-year-old adolescent who experienced total amnesia for two months. His identity could be established only by publishing his photo and history in a widely read newspaper. After discussing diagnostic problems, we remain unsure as to the psychopathological diagnosis, a difficult issue in personality amnesia, and prognosis, which is unpredictable as a result of the changes inherent to adolescence.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Un adolescent amnésique.