Provides information on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a relatively common and sometimes debilitating disorder in which sufferers are obsessed with perceived appearance flaws. This book describes BDD and includes a quick self-assessment questionnaire. It also provides information and recommendations on how to effectively treat BDD.
Provides information on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a relatively common and sometimes debilitating disorder in which sufferers are obsessed with perceived appearance flaws. This book describes BDD and includes a quick self-assessment questionnaire. It also provides information and recommendations on how to effectively treat BDD.
Katharine A. Phillips is RI Director of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Body Image Program at Butler Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University School of Medicine.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgements * Why I'm Updating This Book * 1: Why BDD Matters * 2: Patients Speak * 3: What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? * 4: How Do I Know If I Have BDD? * 5: BDD Comes in Many Forms * 6: Painful Obsessions * 7: Mirror Checking, Grooming, Camouflaging, Dieting and Other BDD Behaviours * 8: How BDD Affects Lives: Social Avoidance, Problems at Work and Suicide * 9: Gender and BDD Across the Life Span * 10: What Causes BDD? Clues to an Unsolved Puzzle * 11: Aren't We All Concerned with How We Look? Body Image, BDD and Normal Appearance Concerns * 12: Getting Better: A Treatment Guide * 13: How to Successfully Treat BDD with Medication * 14: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy * 15: Treatments That Don't Work * 16: Anorexia Nervosa, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Koro and Other Disorders - Are They Relatives of BDD? * 17: For Family Members and Friends * 18: Getting Help for BDD * Appendixes * A: Demographic Characterstics of People with BDD * B: Brief Description of Selected Psychiatric Disorders * C: Instruments (Scales) for Assessing BDD * D: Co-occurrence of BDD and Other Disorders
* Acknowledgements * Why I'm Updating This Book * 1: Why BDD Matters * 2: Patients Speak * 3: What Is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? * 4: How Do I Know If I Have BDD? * 5: BDD Comes in Many Forms * 6: Painful Obsessions * 7: Mirror Checking, Grooming, Camouflaging, Dieting and Other BDD Behaviours * 8: How BDD Affects Lives: Social Avoidance, Problems at Work and Suicide * 9: Gender and BDD Across the Life Span * 10: What Causes BDD? Clues to an Unsolved Puzzle * 11: Aren't We All Concerned with How We Look? Body Image, BDD and Normal Appearance Concerns * 12: Getting Better: A Treatment Guide * 13: How to Successfully Treat BDD with Medication * 14: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy * 15: Treatments That Don't Work * 16: Anorexia Nervosa, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Koro and Other Disorders - Are They Relatives of BDD? * 17: For Family Members and Friends * 18: Getting Help for BDD * Appendixes * A: Demographic Characterstics of People with BDD * B: Brief Description of Selected Psychiatric Disorders * C: Instruments (Scales) for Assessing BDD * D: Co-occurrence of BDD and Other Disorders
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