Depersonalisation disorder: Clinical features of 204 cases

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 182, Issue MAY, 2003, Pages 428-433

  Baker, Dawn ^a   Hunter, Elaine ^a   Lawrence, Emma ^a   Medford, Nicholas ^a   Patel, Maxine ^a   Senior, Carl ^a   Sierra, Mauricio ^a   Lambert, Michelle V ^a   Phillips, Mary L ^b   David, Anthony S ^b  

^a ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPERSONALIZATION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037987981     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.182.5.428     Document Type: Article

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