Eight-year-old Shaun’s parents are concerned that he may have dissociative amnesia due to his inability to remember certain phases of his life. Why would his doctor be hesitant to diagnose him? A.
Shaun is adopted and his doctor is uncomfortable diagnosing him without a full family history.
B.
Shaun is male and his doctor knows that this diagnosis is most common in females.
C.
Children of this age have a normal lapse in memory of events that occurred before the age of 5.
D.
Shaun is a very strong-willed child and will not be a good candidate to hypnotize.