What was once essential, may become detrimental: the mediating role of depersonalization in the relationship between childhood emotional maltreatment and psychological distress in adults - Ó Laoide A, Egan J, Osborn K.

Depersonalization (DP) is a dissociative phenomenon, characterised by feeling "unreal" or detached from one's own emotions, thoughts and behaviour (APA, 2013). It is considered a defense mechanism, employed in response to overwhelming events, whereby thoug...
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