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Rating scales for the assessment of depersonalization symptoms: a review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Marco Mula
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pisa, via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa (Italy) Fax: +39-050-21581 E-mail: marcomula@yahoo.it
Stefano Pini
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pisa, via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa (Italy) Fax: +39-050-21581
Giovanni Battista Cassano
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie, Università di Pisa, via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa (Italy) Fax: +39-050-21581
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