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Understanding body dysmorphic disorder : an essential guide /

Using stories and interviews to show the many different behaviors and symptoms of BDD, and providing a quick self-assessment questionnaire, Dr. Phillips helps readers distinguish between normal concern with appearance and the obsession of BDD. She then guides readers through the basics of the disord...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Katharine A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Patients speak
  • What is body dysmorphic disorder?
  • How do I know if I have body dysmorphic disorder?
  • Body dysmorphic disorder comes in many forms
  • Painful obsessions
  • Compulsive behaviors: mirror checking, grooming, camouflaging, dieting, and others
  • How body dysmorphic disorder affects lives: social avoidance, problems with school and work, violence, suicide, and other consequences
  • Gender and body dysmorphic disorder across the life span
  • What causes body dysmorphic disorder? Clues to an unsolved puzzle
  • Getting better: a brief treatment guide
  • How to successfully treat body dysmorphic disorder with medication
  • Cognitive-behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder
  • Cosmetic treatments: surgery, dermatologic, dental, and other treatments
  • Anorexia nervosa, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other psychiatric disorders: what's their relationship to body dysmorphic disorder?
  • Advice for family members and friends
  • Getting help for body dysmorphic disorder.