Talk:Depersonalization disorder

Authorship

Hi Richard, I was trying to verify the above authorship. Is this you? --Matt Innis (Talk) 20:31, 7 September 2007 (CDT)

Yes. I used to edit under that user name. Richard Pettitt 21:43, 3 October 2007 (CDT)

Cultural influences

Hello Richard,

The following shows that individualist societies increase vulnerability to depersonalization episodes. Quite interesting, isn't it? This goes (in my humble opinion) against most people's first impression, don't you think?

I wonder if anthropologists in CZ would like to comment on this.

Sierra-Siegert M, David AS. Depersonalization and individualism: the effect of culture on symptom profiles in panic disorder. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Dec;195(12):989-95. Review.

Pierre-Alain Gouanvic 19:52, 23 January 2008 (CST)

Depersonalization can be terrifying

I have some experience with depersonalization. I am a bit surprised that the tremendous fright of depersonaliztion, which results from experiencing this feeling, is not mentioned.

--Ruth Ifcher 21:47, 24 January 2008 (CST)

Good point. I added a line to the lede about the frightening aspect of the experience. Feel free to comment on what I've written, or to include a better description. On a similar note, I'm working on finding a case report written by a person diagnosed with this disorder, which will (hopefully) better convey the phenomenology of DPD. Richard Pettitt 11:00, 25 January 2008 (CST)