Body Dysmorphic Disorder in General

Description: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a distressing and impairing preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in ... more

Body Dysmorphic Disorder in General ... appearance, is an "OCD-spectrum disorder" that appears to be relatively common. BDD often goes unrecognized and undiagnosed, however, due to patients' reluctance to divulge their symptoms because of secrecy and shame. Any body part can be the focus of concern (most often, the skin, hair, and nose), and most patients engage in compulsive behaviors, such as mirror checking, camouflaging, excessive grooming, and skin picking. Approximately half are delusional, and a majority experience ideas or delusions of reference.

Newest Review: ... the eyes, a mole or maybe just your face not being symmetrical can be some of the things which can stop the sufferer from ... more

... even leaving the house. It is more likely to be classed as associated with females, especially when younger however this is not the case. Research has shown that it is to an equal ratio that men suffer from this just as much. Somebody who has BDD is seen as quite a major thing to many doctors because it has such a high suicide rate, that is one of the problems which can drive people into an even darker depression. That a lot of non sufferers don't see it as a valid reason to commit suicide can make those who do fe...more

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder in General: I'm not vain or attention seeking. (568 words)
by - written on 28/06/09 (Very useful, 26 readings)
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder. The amount of people I've come across who actually know about the condition are few and far between. Those that have, I find are split into different groups. Either knowing and having a some kind of understanding as to what it would be like or believing it to be attention seeking and applying to vain people who like to fish for compliments. Usually called BDD, body dysmorphic disorder is a psychiatric disorder, in which the affected are considerably preoccupied or concerned about some part of their appearance. For some reason people seem to assume that this has to be visable to everybody, a defect maybe, but even the ... Read the complete review

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