Body dysmorphic disorder is a relatively common yet long unrecognized problem affecting mainly adolescents and young adults of both sexes. It is an obsessive disease of such intensity that it interferes with daily activities. Patients typically focus on imagined major defects in the face, nose, skin or hair. Patients often seek multiple physician assessment, but body dysmorphic disorder may be ...

Body dysmorphic disorder is a body image dysperception, characterized either by an excessive preoccupation with a presumed or minimal flaw in appearance, or by unrecognition, denial, or even neglect regarding an obvious defect. These features are evaluated by a novel questionnaire, the Brief Assessment of Negative Dysmorphic Signs (BANDS). Moreover, the temperament and character background is e...

Objectives According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder IV (DSM-IV), Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is defined as an excessive concern with an imagined or slight defect in physical appearance. Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is estimated to affect 1-2% of the general population. Almost 6-15% of subjects suffering from body dissatisfaction (BD) undergo plastic surgery (PS...

Background: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms and the related disorders are subsumed under chronic psychiatric disorders which are of psychosocial and therapeutic importance. In most studies, the mean age of onset of significant OCD symptoms is adolescence period. The aim of this study was to evaluate OCD symptoms, Tic disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Trichotilomania amon...

Presence of psychological and psychiatric morbidities among medical and nursing students has been reported in various studies conducted across the world. Indian scenarios amenable to these studies are very few or not reported much. Therefore, the presence of disorders which are not much interested by researchers must be put in front of light. Aim: To identify the presence of Body Dysmorphic Dis...

Although body image is central to the etiological models of anorexia nervosa and body dysmorphic disorder, studies comparing body image and beliefs about attractiveness between the disorders are rare. Sixty-nine individuals (anorexia nervosa: n=24, body dysmorphic disorder: n=23, healthy controls: n=22) completed self-report measures (body image and general psychopathology), diagnostic intervie...