Depersonalization and Allied Disturbances in Childhood
D. J. Salfield
Journal of Mental Science April 1, 1958 DOI: 10.1192/bjp.104.435.472 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Depersonalization, derealization, unreality feelings, and metamorphopsia are described as not unusual in neuropsychiatric patients but extremely rare in children; Kanner is cited as reporting a nearly 14-year-old mildly retarded boy who had feelings of unreality and derealization along with occasional macropsia. |
Abstract
Depersonalization, derealization, unreality feelings, metamorphopsia and similar symptoms are not unusual in neuro-psychiatric patients. They are said to be extremely rare in children, Tramer (22) does not mention them, and Kanner (9) remarks only that “feelings of unreality are exceedingly rare in children. Things seem unreal to the patient, different from what he knows them to be. He is fully aware of the incongruity of his experience, which sometimes causes considerable distress.” He quotes the case of a slightly retarded boy of almost 14 years who combined feelings of unreality and derealization with occasional macropsia.
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