The Cambridge Depersonalisation Scale: A new instrument for the measurement of depersonalisation

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-164

  Sierra, Mauricio ^a   Berrios, German E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Depersonalisation disorder; Derealisation; DES; Diagnosis; Dissociation; Psychiatric rating scales; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPERSONALIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPERSONALIZATION; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034610856     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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