De-constructing depersonalization: further evidence for symptom clusters.
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.
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Daphne
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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
Kozin
David Stephen
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Segal
Karina
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Lerch
Brenna
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Dujour
Roxanne
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Giesbrecht
Timo
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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