An alcoholic presents with complaints of loss of memory of recent events, impaired insight, confabulation, and dementia of few months duration. The patient is suffering from :: (A) Wernicke's encephalopathy, (B) Korsakoff's psychosis, (C) Delirium tremens, (D) Binswanger's disease
Answer is B. Loss of memory (amnesia) and confabulation in an alcoholic suggest the diagnosis of Korsakoff's psychosis.