title: De-constructing depersonalization: further evidence for symptom clusters.
abstract: Depersonalization disorder is defined in the DSM-IV-TR using a single symptom criterion, which does not do justice to the phenomenological complexity of the disorder. In 394 affected adults, the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale yielded five factors (numbing, unreality of self, perceptual alterations, unreality of surroundings, and temporal disintegration), put forth as symptom criteria for a better diagnosis of depersonalization disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Psychiatry Box # 1230, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. daphne.simeone@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Daphne
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simeon
authors.forename: David Stephen
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kozin
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Segal
authors.forename: Brenna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lerch
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dujour
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giesbrecht
mesh_terms: D003861:Depersonalization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires