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Jeffrey Abugel

Jeffrey Abugel is the author of Stranger To My Self (Coming January 2011), an inside, in-depth look at what has become a growing epidemic — depersonalization disorder. Written in clear language for the layperson, "Stranger To My Self" is designed to expose depersonalization, the third most common psychiatric symptom, to a broad general audience that has yet to know of the disorder.

Jeff is the co-author of the groundbreaking book, Feeling Unreal: Depersonalization Disorder and the Loss of the Self, published by Oxford University in 2006. Feeling Unreal was the first book ever published on the subject of Depersonalization Disorder.

Jeffrey Abugel is a Journalism graduate of New York University's Washington Square College. He has been a magazine editor and writer for more than 25 years. He has written for American Artist and many other national magazines. He is the former editor of Better Homes and Gardens' Home Plan Ideas, and the head of the BH & G house plans department.