What is dysmorphophobia?

It is the fear of deformity.
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Dysmorphophobia has been described for more than a century.1 This psychiatric condition, also termed body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is
* Dysmorphophobia usually takes a chronic course. A 12-month follow-up prospective study of its course indicated that in
of dysmorphophobia is 4 times higher in first-degree relatives of people with dysmorphophobia than in relatives of probands without the condition
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dysmorphophobia was less than 5%. Oh sure, patients made progress. But it was only incremental. And therapy took years, not months.
you know your dysmorphophobia is illogical. But it has persisted because your subconscious has attached the idea of deformity to all those negative emotions.
Dysmorphophobia is usually caused by an intense negative experience from your past. But your mind can also create that fear seemingly without basis
dysmorphophobia is a part of the body dysmorphic disorder...penis in his study suffered from penile dysmorphophobia. Mentioning all these valid conclusions...
Overview: Dysmorphophobia has been described for more than a century.1 This psychiatric condition, also termed body dysmorphic
Dysmorphophobia is an irrational fear of your own body. The sufferer has an unconscious alteration of their body image in their eyes, is
Body Dysmorphic Disorder, or dysmorphophobia, is a hidden disease that causes patients go to great lengths to hide from the world, says a U.S. researcher.
dysmorphophobia, is a hidden disease that affects nearly three million Americans. It is hidden because patients with the disease often go to
SAN DIEGO, July 2 Body Dysmorphic Disorder, or dysmorphophobia, is a hidden disease that causes patients go to great lengths to hide from the world, says a U.S. researcher.
Dysmorphophobia is the fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so. Research Dysmorphophobia
* Dysmorphophobia is the fear that one's body, or any part of it, is repulsive or may become so.
Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), or dysmorphophobia, is a hidden disease that affects nearly three million Americans. It is hidden
In the past, the term “dysmorphophobia” has been used to describe a preoccupation of delusional intensity and, therefore, it would suggest a psychotic component to the disorder.9,10; subsequently, although
Dysmorphophobia is an uncommon psychiatric syndrome characterized by a subjective feeling of ugliness or physical defect. Although appearance
Dysmorphophobia is the condition that describes an intense dislike of a part of your outward appearance and a man who becomes obsessed with
Seventeen patients whose presenting complaint was dysmorphophobia were studied. They were found to be severely psychologically disturbed as a group and five were psychotic. Dysmorphophobia was found to be