What is Depersonalization disorder?

What is Depersonalization disorder?

• Depersonalization disorder: A disorder where the patient suffers episodes of loss of sense of self or reality.
• Depersonalization disorder: emotional dissociative disorder in which there is loss of contact with your own personal reality accompanied by feelings of unreality and strangeness.
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Depersonalization disorder is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Depersonalization disorder, or a subtype of Depersonalization disorder, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Depersonalization disorder: Introduction

Types of Depersonalization disorder:

Broader types of Depersonalization disorder:

• Dissociative disorder
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What causes Depersonalization disorder?

Causes of Depersonalization disorder: see causes of Depersonalization disorder

What are the symptoms of Depersonalization disorder?

Symptoms of Depersonalization disorder: see symptoms of Depersonalization disorder

Depersonalization disorder: Testing

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Depersonalization disorder.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Depersonalization disorder: see treatments for Depersonalization disorder
Research for Depersonalization disorder: see research for Depersonalization disorder

Name and Aliases of Depersonalization disorder

Main name of condition: Depersonalization disorder

depersonalization psychosis, depersonalization neurosis

Depersonalization, Depersonalisation, Depersonalisation disorder, Depersonalization neurosis, Depersonalisation neurosis
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