Altered orientation of spatial attention in depersonalization disorder.

Psychological symptoms and spatial orientation during the first 3 months after acute unilateral vestibular lesion.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS We undertook this study to assess the correlation between the results of simple tests of spatial orientation and the occurrence of common psychological symptoms during the first 3 months after an acute, unilateral, peripheral, vestibular lesion. METHODS Ten vestibular patients were selected and accepted to participate in the study. During a 3-month follow-up, we recorded t...

Dissociation and Alterations in Brain Function and Structure: Implications for Borderline Personality Disorder

Dissociation involves disruptions of usually integrated functions of consciousness, perception, memory, identity, and affect (e.g., depersonalization, derealization, numbing, amnesia, and analgesia). While the precise neurobiological underpinnings of dissociation remain elusive, neuroimaging studies in disorders, characterized by high dissociation (e.g., depersonalization/derealization disorder...

Existence in a Shambles: Examining the Curious Case of Depersonalization Disorder

The Comparison of Special learning disorder in Students with Attention-deficit hyperactivity Disorder and Normal Students.

This study aimed to compare the Special learning disorder in Students with Attention-deficit hyperactivity Disorder and Normal Students. The research methodology based on its nature was descriptive-comparative method. Sample consist of two groups of 9-12 years old students which selected by cluster sampling in Mashhad city (50 ADHD students and 50 normal students). Data were collected by CLDQ. ...

Validity and reliability of the Structured Clinical Interview for Depersonalization–Derealization Spectrum (SCI-DER)

This study evaluates the validity and reliability of a new instrument developed to assess symptoms of depresonalization: the Structured Clinical Interview for the Depersonalization-Derealization Spectrum (SCI-DER). The instrument is based on a spectrum model that emphasizes soft-signs, sub-threshold syndromes as well as clinical and subsyndromal manifestations. Items of the interview include, i...