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Definition and diagnosis of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder is categorized as a somatoform disorder in the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV: American Psychiatric Association (APA). There are three DSM-IV criteria that must be met before a diagnosis of BDD can be made: 1There is a preoccupation with an imagined defect in appearance. If a slight physical […]
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder Articles
Body dysmorphic disorder Body image has been defined as the ‘picture we have in our minds of the size, shape and form of our bodies and to our feelings concerning these characteristics and our constituent body parts’. Body image is important to everyone and can be dramatically altered following a life event (for example, facial […]
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder Stories
Case study: body dysmorphic disorder Susan is a 33-year-old hairdresser who attended her GP following a recent bout of ill-health involving panic attacks, low mood, attempted suicide and avoidance of leaving the house. The problem began six weeks earlier when she developed a light rash (which she called spots) over her neck area. She believed […]
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Body dysmorphic disorder symptoms
Dysmorphophobia, originally conceptualized by Morselli in 1886, refers to a subjective feeling of ugliness or physical defect in a person of normal appearance. It also includes individuals with a minimal physical defect who react out of proportion to this defect. Dysmorphophobia is a label that has largely been used in Europe but ignored in the […]
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How to treatment of body dysmorphic disorder
Treatment of body dysmorphic disorder include: Psychological treatment The most common psychological treatment for body dysmorphic disorder involves CBT. Exposure to avoided situations can include exposure to the sight of the individual’s own body or showing their perceived defect in social situations. Often, exposure programmes follow hierarchies of increasingly diffi cult to cope with body […]
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Aetiology of body dysmorphic disorder
Socio-cultural factors There has been little systematic research into the social and cultural factors associated with the development of body dysmorphic disorder. However, given the importance placed on physical appearance in society, it is not unreasonable to suspect that societal beliefs and attitudes have a role to play. There is certainly evidence that the media […]
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What is body dysmorphic disorder
Many of us have some degree of dissatisfaction with our body. A survey of over 4000 people, in the magazine Psychology Today, for example, found that 56 per cent of women reported being dissatisfi ed with their appearance. Major sources of dissatisfaction were the abdomen (71 per cent), body weight (66 per cent), hips (60 […]
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