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Penile Dysmorphophobia With Recurrent Koro: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Psychosexual Health, 2022
A case of penile dysmorphophobia with recurrent Koro is presented. Different clinical and diagnostic issues relating to the interrelationship of obsessive-compulsive disorder-spectrum, body-dysmorphic disorders, and Koro are discussed.
Arabinda N. Chowdhury   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anorexia nervosa in the male with co-morbid adjustment disorder and body dysmorphic disorder

open access: yesJournal of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences, 2015
Anorexia nervosa is a rare psychological disorder. Epidemiological studies have shown a female to male ratio of 10:1, suggesting, it is predominately seen among females. Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders are rare in non-Western countries. The
A K Koushik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Immunodeficiency in children with dysmorphic disorders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Ataxia telangiectasia, Nijmegen breakage syndrome and DiGeorge syndrome are congenital disorders belonging to the category of primary immunodeficiencies.
Polańska, Bożena   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Facing an eating disorder: A case of body dysmorphic disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

open access: yesSAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2022
Eating disorders can be notoriously difficult to diagnose and treat. This patient is an 18-year-old female who presents to care severely underweight and notably cachexic.
Ty Milligan, Amy B Middleman
doaj   +1 more source

Cosmetic Professionals’ Awareness of Body Dysmorphic Disorder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Preoccupation with a perceived appearance flaw is the main feature of body dysmorphic disorder. The majority of these patients seek and often receive some sort of cosmetic procedure, although this condition is considered to be a ...
Berend van der Lei   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Tanning in Body Dysmorphic Disorder [PDF]

open access: yesPsychiatric Quarterly, 2006
Tanning in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) has not previously been studied. In this study, 200 subjects with BDD were evaluated with measures to examine the prevalence of BDD-related tanning--i.e., darkening one's skin color by direct exposure to sunlight or artificial light which is motivated by a desire to improve a perceived appearance defect (i.e ...
Katharine A, Phillips   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Personality, self-appraisals, and body conscious emotions as predictors of symptoms of body dysmorphia and restrictive disordered eating

open access: yesInternational Journal of Personality Psychology, 2023
Anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphic disorder are often co-morbid and relate to distortions in the perception of self-appearance. It has been proposed that they should be placed in a new body image disorders category in the DSM.
Andrew R. du Rocher   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder among South African university students

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2015
Background. The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) among South African students is explored in this article. BDD is regarded as an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder characterised by a preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or ...
Antonia Dlagnikova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

open access: yes, 2015
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterized by an excessive preoccupation with one or more perceived defects in appearance that are not observable or appear only as minor to others.
Katlein França   +5 more
core   +1 more source

The pathophysiology of body dysmorphic disorder [PDF]

open access: yesBody Image, 2008
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an often severe and disabling condition, affecting up to 2% of the population. Despite its prevalence and clinical significance, very little is known about the pathophysiology of BDD. However, clues to its possible neurobiological substrates and abnormalities in information processing are starting to emerge.
Jamie D, Feusner   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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