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Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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ISBN-10: 0195379403

ISBN-13: 9780195379402

Edition: 2009

Authors: Katharine A. Phillips

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In a world obsessed with appearances, it is not surprising that body dysmorphic disorder--a painful obsession with perceived flaws in one's appearance--has become a serious problem for millions of individuals. In The Broken Mirror, the first and still the definitive book on BDD, Dr. Katharine A. Phillips provided a comprehensive handbook for patients and health care professionals. Now, in Understanding Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Dr. Phillips has dramatically condensed the original book, providing patients, their friends, and their families with a concise and much more accessible guide to BDD. Using stories and interviews to show the many different behaviors and symptoms of BDD, and providing…    
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Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/20/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Narriman C. Shahrokhis Chief Administrative Officer in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine in Sacramento, California.Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., is Joe P. Tupin Chair and Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief, Books, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.,is Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Butler Hospital and the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.Stuart C. Yudofsky, M.D.,is D.C. and Irene Ellwood Professor and Chairman of the Menninger Department of…    

Preface
Acknowledgments
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
Glossary
Index