Daphne Simeon

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..In conclusion, the link between depersonalization and alexithymia appeared to be specific rather than broadly related to early trauma or to trauma-spectrum psychopathology...

..This small study emphasizes the importance of dissecting the neurobiology of posttraumatic stress versus dissociative traumatic responses...

..In conclusion, despite its small sample size this pilot study suggests that dissociative symptomatology may be a marker of heightened biological vulnerability to stress in BPD, and merits further study...

..The periodic revision of the DSM provides an opportunity to revisit the assumptions underlying specific diagnoses and the empirical support, or lack of it, for the defining diagnostic criteria...

..The goal of this study was to systematically compare a large sample of individuals with drug-initiated (D) versus non-drug-initiated (ND) chronic depersonalization...

..This study investigated basal and stress-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis alterations in dissociative disorders (DDs)...

..Dissociation severity was significantly correlated with processing slowness and distractibility. We conclude that DPD is associated with cognitive disruptions in early perceptual and attentional processes...

..As previously, we continue to recommend a low taxon cutoff score (13) for the sensitive detection of depersonalization disorder. The inference that pathologic dissociation is a unitary and categorical entity is also discussed...

..We conducted a 1-year follow-up of an original mail survey of early reactions to the World Trade Center disaster...

..We conclude that in young adults without manifest psychiatric disorder, resilience was associated with developmental, biological, and cognitive measures which merit further investigation...

..The periodic revision of the DSM provides an opportunity to revisit the assumptions underlying specific diagnoses and the empirical support, or lack of it, for the defining diagnostic criteria...

..Despite anecdotal reports that serotonin reuptake inhibitors may improve depersonalisation, there is no proven efficacious treatment for depersonalisation disorder...

..In this report, we systematically elucidate the phenomenology, precipitants, antecedents, comorbidity, and treatment history in such a series...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dissociation and childhood trauma in BPD and to explore the relationships of dissociation and trauma to various personality features of BPD...

..We conclude that the experience of temporal disintegration in DPD is not directly related to the core symptoms of depersonalization/derealization, but exists when the depersonalized experience involves more prominent absorption...

..The World Trade Center disaster was of unprecedented magnitude and impact in U.S. history. The authors conducted a pilot survey investigating these effects...

..The purpose of this study was to investigate temperamental, psychodynamic, and cognitive factors associated with dissociation...

..Although popularly dubbed the 'hormone of love', these data suggest a more circumspect answer to the question of who will benefit from OXT...

..Divalproex extended-release (ER) is used widely in clinical practice, which leads to the question of its efficacy and tolerability in treating BPD...

..This open-label trial examines venlafaxine's efficacy in BDD and is the first known study of this serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor in BDD...

..Apparently, emotional responding in DPD is characterized by a shortened latency to peak with subsequent flattening and is accompanied by memory fragmentation in the light of otherwise unremarkable memory functioning...

..Overall, novel therapeutic approaches are clearly needed to help individuals experiencing this refractory disorder...

..In this report, we aim to integrate the findings of prior studies by means of a systematic review followed by a meta-analysis...

..After 3weeks of right temporo-parietal junction (TPJ) rTMS, 6/12 patients responded. Five responders received 3 more weeks of right TPJ rTMS showing 68% DPD symptoms improvement. Right TPJ rTMS was safe and effective...

..There are both advantages and disadvantages in creating a new diagnostic category in DSM-V, and these are discussed in this article...

..These findings are potentially promising in a highly treatment-refractory disorder for which no treatment guidelines exist and warrant a randomized controlled trial...

..The findings are in concordance with the few reports on autonomic blunting in dissociation and merit further investigation...

..Future research should further clarify the complex relationships between caregiver and patient symptoms and attitudes...

..Future work to assess the implications of overlap for clinical evaluation and intervention in the two conditions may be useful...

..Our findings contribute to the growing body of evidence indicating that subjective feelings of acute dissociation have their objective concomitants, notably fast habituation of physiologic responses...