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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press
2009.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798371206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
