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In 1891, an Italian physician by the name of Enrique Morselli first identified "dysmorphophobia" as "the fear of having a deformity, a subjective feeling of ugliness or of a physical defect."1 Today, "dysmorphophobia" is called Body Dysmorphic Disorder (
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With tics and Tourette-like illness in the news so much right now due to the increasing number of students at LeRoy HS in NY exhibiting them, it is with irony that P.A.N.D.A.S. , a possible medical diagnosis for what we are seeing in LeRoy, is again up fo
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Obsessing about body image, whether you want to shrink or bulk up, can get unhealthy quickly ... Eating disorders, body dysmorphic disorder, steroid use, cosmetic surgeries all start with an obsession about body image.
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You know who you are. You exhibit a subtle double-take when someone turns away from you when you walk by; then you put your hand to your mouth when you think no one is looking to see if your breath smells. But do you know if you have Olfactory Reference
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David Sarwer, of Penn's Perelman School of Medicine, an authority on mental health issues in cosmetic surgery, offers a course at the annual convention of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and has drawn up lists of three questions physicians shoul
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a condition not uncommon to the plastic surgery community. These patients are obsessed with particular body parts (usually skin, hair, and nose) and spend anywhere from three to eight hours a day preoccupied with feature
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But most of the patients I have coming in asking about this are teenagers that look entirely normal ... The majority of them, after some probing, seem to have some underlying body dysmorphic disorder or problems in their relationship that make them think they’re abnormal.
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Rhode Island Hospital has received a grant for more than $1.5 million from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for a 5-year study on treatment for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). Led by Katharine A. Phillips, M.D. , director of the BDD Program
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Then, in 2000, one groundbreaking episode of "Sex And The City" made the Manolo Blahnik demographic sit up and take notice: Heroine Carrie Bradshaw found a new swagger in her step after waxing it off. And once Carrie was bare down there ... And like that
About Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder in which the affected person is excessively concerned about and preoccupied by an imagined or minor defect in his or her physical features. The sufferer may complain of several specific features or a single feature, or a vague feature or general appearance, causing psychological distress that... Full Article
