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Article: A narrative approach to body dysmorphic disorder.(Disease/Disorder overview)
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- Journal of Mental Health Counseling
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
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Narrative therapy is proposed as an effective treatment for body dysmorphic disorder A case example illustrates the clinical application. Implications for the theory and practice of body dysmorphic disorder are considered.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a complex clinical syndrome that each year affects approximately 2% of the population in the United States (Phillips, 2005a). According to the Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, text revision (DSM-IV-TR; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000), BDD is described as a preoccupation with an imagined defect or slight physical defect in appearance that results in significant distress or ...
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