Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 172-178 , May 2000

Depersonalization in panic disorder: A clinical study

  • J. Segui

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to J. Segui, M.D., Ph.D., Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital. c/Viladomat 288, Barcelona 08021,Spai
    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.
    • ,
  • M. Ma´rquez

      Affiliations

    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.
    • ,
  • L. Garcia

      Affiliations

    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.
    • ,
  • J. Canet

      Affiliations

    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.
    • ,
  • L. Salvador-Carulla

      Affiliations

    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.
    • ,
  • M. Ortiz

      Affiliations

    • From the Section of Psychiatry, La Alianza General Hospital, Barcelona,Spain
    • Mental Health Center, Cerdanola del Valle´s. Barcelona,Spain
    • Centre de Psiquidtria Neurologia Y Psicologia (PSINEP), Barcelona,Spain.

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Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 41, Issue 3 , Pages 172-178 , May 2000

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