Tag: BDD


Body Dysmorphia: Understanding Distorted Thoughts

Introduction to Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Cognitive Models Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is a severe and often debilitating mental illness characterized by a preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance, which are often minor or entirely imagined by others. This preoccupation must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in […]

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Symptoms & Treatment

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: An Overview Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is classified within the cluster of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). It is characterized by a debilitating preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance, which are often either minimal or […]

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