The German Narcissism-Inventory contains a 6-item scale for the assessment of depersonalization (DP) and derealization (DR). The validity of this scale (NI-DRP) was examined in comparison to the German version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale (FDS) and the Cambridge Depersonalization Scale (CDS). The sample consists of 144 psychotherapy patients, of whom showed on the basis of a structured clinical interview n = 51 none, n = 45 mild, n = 28 moderate and n = 20 severe DP-DR. The areas under the curve and the rate of misclassification did not differ for NI-DRP and the scales of the FDS. The CDS showed the lowest rate of misclassifications.

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This qualitative study examines the relationship between doctors and HIV-infected patients with regard to problems of adherence. Objective hermeneutics was used to analyze the scene of a doctor-patient conversation produced through psychodrama. Specific traits shared by the patients in question were a confused regulation of closeness and distance as well as a non-maintenance of the traditional asymmetry within the doctor-patient relation. The patients faced the doctors on a level of diffuse social relations and showed the tendency to involve the doctor into their community. The conclusion for a model explaining patients' adherence may be: it exist an individual level of the need for being accepted by the doctor as somebody particular. If this level is reached, i. e. individual claims are met and personal desires are satisfied, the patient will follow the physician's advice. Authors discuss whether the model is compatible with the conflict of self-esteem.

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