what disorder does drew barrymore have in 50 first dates?

Question

i know she lost her memory i want to know what exactly the disorder is called because im going to be doing a project on it

Answer 1

Short Term Memory Due To A Car Accident

Answer 2

In the film, Barrymore is told by her neurologist, played by Dan Aykroyd, she suffers from “Goldfield’s Syndrome”. The problem is that there is no “Goldfield’s Syndrome”. Hollywood invented the name although this form of short-term memory loss certainly exists. According to Dr. Catherine Myers of the Memory Disorders Project at Rutgers University in New Jersey, the film conflates two real memory loss syndromes.

The first is Organic Amnesia (OA). This is short-term memory loss due to brain injury. The most obvious symptom is rapid forgetting. New information fades from memory within a few minutes. Old memories, such as those from childhood, are retained as well as they are in people normally. In OA, the brain damage is permanent, so is the syndrome.

The second is Psychogenic Amnesia (sometimes called Traumatic Amnesia) (PA). This is the loss of one’s identity and personal history without obvious brain injury. It is believed that PA results from psychological stress (for example, traumatic events). PA is exceedingly rare. Some researchers question whether it even exists at all given the fact that some patients may fake amnesia to avoid personal difficulties and many patients suddenly recover all their past memories. However, some patients never recover past memories and have to start new lives with new identities.

Dr Myers points out that there is a third "general class of amnesia" sometimes called “Limited Retrograde Amnesia” (LRA). LRA is a temporary loss of the ability to store new memories as a result of brain injury. For example, a person in a car crash may hit their head and lose memories of the few minutes before and after the crash. This commonly happens to boxers, football players, and others who engage in contact sports where they may suffer a blow to the head. Dr Myers says that LRA is not particularly life-impairing since old memories are fine as is the ability to form new memories - only the limited period is lost forever.

50 First Dates is a bit of a departure from the usual Hollywood motif of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl. Instead, boy meets girl, girl loses memory, boy gets girl. It could happen, but there’s no “Goldfield’s Syndrome”. Dr Myers adds that “If there ever was a Dr Goldfield, he obviously didn’t publish his syndrome in the correct journals!”

Answer 3

She didn't have disorder. She was in car accident involving a cow and she lost her short term memory

Answer 4

Because of an accident she's lost her short term memory.

Answer 5

In real life she has a mental disorder. It is called liberalism. In the moview she has Goldfield's Syndrome, aka short term memory loss.

Answer 6

She got in an accident and has short term memory loss. she thinks that it is the same day over and over again.

Answer 7

short term memory loss...meaning she can remember things up to the day of the accident.

Answer 8

short term memory

Answer 9

Short term amnesia

Answer 10

it's just permanent short-term memory loss. and they can't Diagnose it as any other disease that causes it, i.e. Alzheimer ............hers happened because of an accident, so it is what it is....short-term memory loss