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Deja Vu and Depersonalization in Normal Subjects

M. A. Harper

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry June 1, 1969 DOI: 10.3109/00048676909159262 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Survey of the literature and a study of phenomena in a largely healthy population Peer reviewed
Population Largely healthy population; subjects free from major psychiatric disability
Key findings The author concludes that déjà vu elicited by a clinical-type interview is common, particularly in intelligent subjects of higher socioeconomic status, and that well-defined depersonalization experiences can also be elicited by clinical enquiry from subjects free from major psychiatric disability.

Abstract

The author presents a survey of the literature, together with a study of the phenomena of déjà vu and depersonalization in a largely healthy population. He concludes that the déjà vu experience as elicited by a clinical type interview is common particularly in intelligent subjects of higher socioeconomic status. Well defined depersonalization experiences will also be elicited by clinical enquiry from subjects free from major psychiatric disability.