Case study: body dysmorphic disorder in adolescents.

Abstract

Body dysmorphic disorder, an often-secret preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance, is an underrecognized disorder that is unknown to many clinicians. This disorder has gone virtually unmentioned in the adolescent literature, despite the fact that it often occurs during adolescence. Body dysmorphic disorder is more common than is realized and causes significant distress and impairment in functioning. This report presents four cases of adolescents with body dysmorphic disorder, all of who responded to a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. The clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder are reviewed, as are available data on the treatment of this distressing and often-disabling disorder.

• Authors: K A Phillips, K D Atala, R S Albertini
• Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry) Vol. 34 Issue 9 Pg. 1216-20 (Sep 1995) ISSN: 0890-8567 [Print] United States
• PMID: 7559317 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors
• Fluoxetine

Topics

• Adolescent
• Body Image
• Depressive Disorder (diagnosis, drug therapy, etiology)
• Female
• Fluoxetine (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Phobic Disorders (diagnosis, psychology)
• Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
• Self Concept
• Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Somatoform Disorders (etiology)