Taylor P J, Kopelman M D
Psychol Med. 1984 Aug;14(3):581-8. doi: 10.1017/s003329170001518x.
Nearly 10% of a sample of men charged with a variety of offences claimed amnesia for their offence. The amnesia occurred only among those who had committed violence and was most frequent following homicide. All the amnesics had a psychiatric disorder, four having a primary depressive illness and the remainder being almost equally divided between schizophrenia and alcohol abuse. None of the amnesias had any legal implications. The circumstances of the offences suggested a variety of mechanisms to account for the amnesia, including repression, dissociation and alcoholic black-outs. Psychological defence mechanisms were probably of some importance, even when alcohol was an important factor.
在因各种罪行被指控的男性样本中，近10%的人声称对自己的罪行失忆。失忆仅发生在那些实施过暴力行为的人当中，且在杀人后最为常见。所有失忆者都患有精神疾病，其中四人患有原发性抑郁症，其余人在精神分裂症和酒精滥用之间几乎平均分布。这些失忆情况均没有任何法律影响。犯罪情节表明有多种机制可解释失忆现象，包括压抑、分离和酒精性失忆。即使酒精是一个重要因素，心理防御机制可能也起到了一定作用。
