Daphne Simeon
Encyclopedia
Daphne Simeon M.D. is an American
psychiatrist
, best known for her research on depersonalization disorder
.
, psychiatry residency
and fellowship program, and psychoanalytic
institute. Simeon now works at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, at the Family Center for Bipolar Disorder.
of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
in New York City
, where she did research, supervised, and taught. It is here that she ran some North American clinic that specifically treated depersonalization disorder. She currently co-chairs an international task force that will generate new recommendations for the DSM-V classification of dissociative disorders
.
in 2006. The book provides a thorough exploration of depersonalization disorder and represents more than a century of research. It presents a distillation of the scientific research on this disorder, the philosophical and literary references, as well as current treatment options.
United States
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psychiatrist
Psychiatrist
A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy...
, best known for her research on depersonalization disorder
Depersonalization disorder
Depersonalization disorder is a dissociative disorder in which the sufferer is affected by persistent or recurrent feelings of depersonalization and/or derealization. Diagnostic criteria include persistent or recurrent experiences of feeling detached from one's mental processes or body...
.
Education
Simeon is a graduate of Columbia University's medical schoolColumbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, often known as P&S, is a graduate school of Columbia University that is located on the health sciences campus in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan...
, psychiatry residency
Residency (medicine)
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...
and fellowship program, and psychoanalytic
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalysis has expanded, been criticized and developed in different directions, mostly by some of Freud's former students, such as Alfred Adler and Carl Gustav...
institute. Simeon now works at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, at the Family Center for Bipolar Disorder.
Career
Daphne Simeon, M.D. was until recently an associate professorProfessor
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of psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is an American medical school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, currently ranked among the top 20 medical schools in the United States. It was chartered by Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963....
in New York City
New York City
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, where she did research, supervised, and taught. It is here that she ran some North American clinic that specifically treated depersonalization disorder. She currently co-chairs an international task force that will generate new recommendations for the DSM-V classification of dissociative disorders
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative disorders are defined as conditions that involve disruptions or breakdowns of memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. See also dissociation. People with dissociative disorders are able to escape from reality involuntarily...
.
Works
With editor and magazine writer Jeffrey Abugel, Simeon co-authored the book Feeling Unreal : Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self (ISBN 0-19-517022-9), published by Oxford University PressOxford University Press
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in 2006. The book provides a thorough exploration of depersonalization disorder and represents more than a century of research. It presents a distillation of the scientific research on this disorder, the philosophical and literary references, as well as current treatment options.