What is the difference between PTSD and AMNESIA?

i'm writing a paper, and i need to figure out the difference between post-traumatic stress disorder and amnesia.



can anyone help me out? and provide a source? i would REALLYY APPRECIATE IT :DWhat is the difference between PTSD and AMNESIA?
Amnesia is the inability to recall memories; either retrograde (past) or anterograde (can't learn, basically).



PTSD is an anxiety disorder that is usually created by a very traumatic event in one's life. The hallucinations (auditory, visual, kinestetic) can occur when a stimulus that is tied to their traumatic experience happens. This will cause them to re-live the traumatic experience. In PTSD there is little, if any memory loss.What is the difference between PTSD and AMNESIA?
Hard to know where to start here....



The vast majority of us PTSD folks do not experience literal AH/VH hallucinations or any other psychotic symptoms, and saying that we do perpetuates the prejudice that we must be dangerously mentally ill, about to run out and attack innocent people, etc.... sorry, but this is a big pet peeve of mine.



A good place to start with research is with the DSM-IV-TR, which contains the Dx definition of PTSD. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ is an amazing resource for free online articles from scholarly medical journals-- just go there and type in "PTSD"; you'll get all the info you could want for your paper and the highest quality references possible, making your teacher very happy. :)