Daphne Simeon

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Daphne Simeon M.D. is an American psychiatrist, best known for her research on depersonalization disorder.

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[edit] Education

Simeon is a graduate of Columbia University's medical school, psychiatry residency and fellowship program, and psychoanalytic institute.

[edit] Career

Simeon is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where she does research, supervises, and teaches. It is here she runs the only North American clinic that specifically treats depersonalization disorder. She currently co-chairs an international task force that will generate new recommendations for the DSM-V classification of dissociative disorders. She currently serves as an advisory board member for the National Organization of Drug-Induced Disorders.

[edit] Works

Simeon D. & Abugel J. (2006) Feeling Unreal : Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self. Oxford University Press, USA ISBN 0-19-517022-9.

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