Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Essential Guide
Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Essential Guide
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了解身体变形障碍：基本指南
DOI：
10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09111701
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发表时间：
2010
影响因子：
17.7
通讯作者：
L. Mellman
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作者：
L. Mellman
Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder is an excellent resource to recommend to patients with this complex and challenging disorder and their families. Dr. Phillips skillfully describes the phenomenology and treatment options for body dysmorphic disorder, using case vignettes to illustrate the profound impact this disease can have on the daily life and self-esteem of those affected. Using an engaging style, she provides detailed explanatory information for an educated reader. Patients are likely to feel relieved, understood, and less isolated by reading this book, as it draws on the author's own wealth of clinical and research experience.Phillips provides case vignettes at the outset, conveying that body dysmorphic disorder is a real disease rather than a result of vanity or superficial obsessive thoughts. Her chapters" What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?" and" How Do I Know If I Have Body Dysmorphic Disorder?" explain the phenomenology, differential diagnoses, and comorbid conditions for the disease. One table delineates the common diagnoses mistaken for body dysmorphic disorder. Another one lists the percentage of patients who have perceived defects in each of 39 different body parts. Body dysmorphic disorder can affect literally every body part, although skin and hair are most often involved in symptoms. The chapters categorizing the symptoms into different forms of the disorder and into obsessions and compulsions, along with the chapter on the impact on those affected, make the rich array of symptoms and the shame of having them quite apparent. They foster understanding and compassion for those suffering with the disease.
