A Patient States,"I Feel Detached and Weird All the Time

question 11

Multiple Choice

A patient states,"I feel detached and weird all the time.It's as though I'm looking at life through a cloudy window.Everything seems unreal.It really messes up things at work and school." This presentation is most consistent with the DSM-IV-TR criteria for:

• A) depersonalization disorder.
• B) body dysmorphic disorder.
• C) dissociative amnesia.
• D) malingering.

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