Psychiatry and Psychology

Body Dysmorphic Disorders

Preoccupations with appearance or self-image causing significant distress or impairment in important areas of functioning.

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Abstract

Preoccupations with appearance or self-image causing significant distress or impairment in important areas of functioning.

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Synonyms

15 entry terms
  • Body Image Disfunction
  • Body Image Disorders
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder
  • Body Image Disfunctions
  • Body Image Disorder
  • Disfunction, Body Image
  • Disfunctions, Body Image
  • Disorder, Body Dysmorphic
  • Disorders, Body Dysmorphic
  • Disorders, Body Image
  • Dysmorphic Disorder, Body
  • Dysmorphic Disorders, Body
  • Image Disfunction, Body
  • Image Disfunctions, Body
  • Image Disorders, Body

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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History Note

2010

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Previous Indexing

  • Somatoform Disorders (1989-2009)

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NLM Classification

WM 173.5

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Body Dysmorphic Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057215. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057215
  2. Body Dysmorphic Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder
  3. Body Dysmorphic Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844590