Depersonalisation Flashcards
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Depersonalisation
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- strange type anxiety symp.
- a feeling of detachment.
- an alteration in the perception of the self, so that the patient feels detached from himself.
- his mental process or his body- feels like an observer of himself. (feeling as if in a dream).
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Derealisation
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- overlaps a related phenomenon to depersonalisation.
- which means feeling detached from the external world, the enviro to that it seems strange & unreal.
-sometimes called “dissociation” phenomena- based on idea that mental functions might have become detached from each other.
& may be complex state of feeling things are unreal, emotional numbing, heightened self-observation.
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Causes? (Sierra & Berrios 1998)
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Sierra & Berrios 1998- suggest caused by simultaneous:
1- Inhibition of emotional processing.
2- Heightened state of alertness.
May happen in high anxiety states such as panic (esp with hyperventilation), in PTSD, also Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.
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Treatment
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if related to anxiety, usually treated with Bzs such as diazepam.
–but paradoxically Bzs themselves can cause depersonalisation as a side effect.
