Talk:Depersonalization disorder
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Plenty to say that the 'sufferer' is not going insane. How are we defining insane? I think a more specific term would be apt.
- I agree that another word could be used instead of 'insane', however it seems you're also suggesting that some evidence should be given that the sufferer is insane? --Ronius 13:23, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
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- As a DP sufferer, I don't balk at the use of the term "insane", since it's more colloquial than academic a term, and it gets the point across adequately. Perhaps linking the term "insane" to Mental Illness would suffice?
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- Insane, crazy, nuts... the point is that's the way the person (the ordinary, non-technical person) feels when DPD appears. Since the person isn't really insane, we don't need a technical definition. Anyone who has suffered DPD can probably attest to that feeling, at least until the condition is diagnosed and explained to him/her. --ZZYZX 07:55, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
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I removed the entry for *Transcendental Meditation from the list of differential diagnoses, because it's not a disorder, as categorized by the heading which reads "Some disorders have similar symptoms. The clinicians must differentiate between and rule out the following disorders to establish a precise diagnosis." If someone else wants to find a more appropriate place for it, then that would probably be good.
