Consultant Psychiatrist, Ram Psychiatry Hospital and Institute, Madurai 625020, Tamil Nadu.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;48(4):260-2. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.31561.
Excessive concern about the appearance of one's body is the hallmark of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). A case with recurrent intrusive preoccupation and concern about the appearance of the face, ritualistic behaviours associated with this preoccupation, resulting in social and interpersonal difficulties is presented. The difficulty to draw a discrete boundary between BDD and a delusional disorder of somatic type is highlighted.
过度关注自己的身体外表是躯体变形障碍(BDD)的主要特征。本文呈现了一个病例,患者反复出现对自己面部外表的强迫性关注和担忧,并伴有与这种关注相关的仪式性行为,导致社交和人际关系困难。文中强调了在 BDD 和躯体妄想障碍之间划出明确界限的困难。