Overcoming Depersonalisation and Feelings of Unreality: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniquesDepersonalization Disorder is when a person experiences a feeling of being detached from life around them and sometimes emotionally numb. It is often a symptom of another disorder such as anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and particularly panic disorder, or of an illness like epilepsy or migraine, but also occurs in its own right and among users of certain drugs. CBT is an effective treatment. PRAISE FOR THE SERIES: 'The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books&All are very thorough.' Observer 'The Overcoming series just keeps getting better and better.' The Psychologist |
Contents
Acknowledgments | |
What is DPAFU? | |
DPAFU case studies | |
CBT for DPAFU | |
Dealing with the core problem | |
Other useful techniques | |
How to deal with problems related to DPAFU | |
Other types of treatment | |
What are antidepressants? | |
Glossary | |
Other editions - View all
Overcoming depersonalization and feelings of unreality: a self-help guide to ... Dawn Baker No preview available - 2007 |
Common terms and phrases
0=never 1=rarely 2=often 1=few seconds 2=few 1=rarely 2=often 3=very 2=few minutes 3=few 3=few hours 4=about 3=very often 4=all 4=about aday 5=more 4=allthe time Duration 5=more thana day activities and/or antidepressants anxiety associated with DPAFU avoid aware become believe brain bulimia nervosa clinical Clonazepam cognitive behavioral therapy cognitive errors day 5=more thana Depersonalisation depersonalization disorder depression detached diary DPAFU sensations drugs effective emotional evidence example exercise Fluoxetine Frequency 0=never 1=rarely happen hours 4=about aday identify ifyou impact inthe lamotrigine look low mood Maudsley Hospital medication mind minutes 3=few hours negative automatic thought negative thoughts obsessive compulsive disorder ofthe OVERCOMING panic panic attacks Paroxetine physical problems psychiatrist psychological psychotherapy relaxation safetyseeking behaviors schizophrenia seconds 2=few minutes sensations of DPAFU situations sleep SSRI stress symptoms techniques thana day 6=more therapist things thinkabout Thisis thought records treatment unreal Venlafaxine worry you’ll you’re youmay youon