Journal article
An update on body dysmorphic disorder
DJ Castle, SL Rossell
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHIATRY | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2006
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The present review provides an update on current research into body dysmorphic disorder. RECENT FINDINGS: Recent findings can be considered under four groupings: the classification of body dysmorphic disorder, its current inclusion under the somatoform disorders, and its relationship to obsessive compulsive disorder and other obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders; the psychotic 'variant' of body dysmorphic disorder, and whether it is simply a more severe form of the nonpsychotic type; the cognitive aspects of body dysmorphic disorder; and the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, both in terms of pharmacological and psychological parameters. SUMMARY: Body dysmorphic dis..
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