Depersonalization: A New Look at a Neglected Syndrome

by Mauricio Sierra

• ISBN13: 9780521874984
• ISBN10: 052187498X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-09-14
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Depersonalization is a dissociative disorder, causing alteration in the perception or experience of the self and a sense of detachment from reality. This is a fascinating and clinically relevant phenomenon neglected within psychiatry. Far from being a rare condition, recent research has shown chronic, persisting depersonalization to be as prevalent as schizophrenia or bipolar mood disorder.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
A history of depersonalization	p. 7
The symptoms of depersonalization	p. 24
The depersonalization spectrum	p. 44
‘Drug-induced’ depersonalization disorder	p. 63
Psychiatric comorbidity of depersonalization	p. 69
Depersonalization in neurology	p. 88
Depersonalization and culture	p. 101
Towards a pharmacology of depersonalization	p. 113
Psychological approaches to the treatment of depersonalization disorder	p. 124
The neurobiology of depersonalization	p. 132
Pulling the threads together	p. 142
Appendix: The Cambridge Depersonalization Scale	p. 161
Index	p. 169
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