The enemy in the mirror: self-perception-induced stress results in dissociation of psychological and physiological responses in patients with dissociative disorder

The enemy in the mirror: self-perception-induced stress results in dissociation of psychological and physiological responses in patients with dissociative disorder

Background: Patients suffering from dissociative disorders (DD) are characterized by an avoidance of aversive stimuli. Clinical experience has shown that DD patients typically avoid the confrontation with their own faces in a mirror (CFM). Objective: To investigate potential CFM-associated self-repo...

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Main Authors: Eva Schäflein, Heribert Sattel, Ulrike Schmidt, Martin Sack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-11-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Subjects:
autonomic nervous system
avoidance
dissociative disorder
face in the mirror
impedance cardiography
mirror-confrontation
parasympathetic
post-traumatic stress disorder
self-perception
sympathetic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20008198.2018.1472991

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