[Liaison between body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders].

This study presents the cases of anorexia nervosa which began with a body dysmorphic disorder lasting for at least 6 months. In some subjects (25%) there was comorbidity of 3 mental disorders: anancastic personality or obsessive-compulsive disorder + dysmorphophobia + anorexia nervosa or dysmorphophobia + anorexia nervosa + depressive disorder (dysthymia or major depression). The author considers the conception that in some cases dysmorphophobia and anorexia nervosa are a spectre of obsessive-compulsive disorder or affective disorders in adolescents.