TY - JOUR
T1 - Dysmorphophobia
T2 - Body dysmorphic disorder or delusional disorder, somatic subtype?
AU - de Leon, Jose
AU - Bott, Andrew
AU - Simpson, George M.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - The DSM-III-R proposes to divide dysmorphophobia into two separate disorders: delusional disorder, somatic subtype and dysmorphic disorder. We believe that this distinction of delusional and nondelusional is impossible from a phenomenological point of view, and that dysmorphophobic beliefs are better classified as overvalued ideas. The concept of dysmorphophobia and its relationship to monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychoses and DSM-III-R categories is reviewed. A case report is described to support these arguments.
AB - The DSM-III-R proposes to divide dysmorphophobia into two separate disorders: delusional disorder, somatic subtype and dysmorphic disorder. We believe that this distinction of delusional and nondelusional is impossible from a phenomenological point of view, and that dysmorphophobic beliefs are better classified as overvalued ideas. The concept of dysmorphophobia and its relationship to monosymptomatic hypochondriacal psychoses and DSM-III-R categories is reviewed. A case report is described to support these arguments.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(89)90075-8
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(89)90075-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2684497
AN - SCOPUS:0024444031
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 30
SP - 457
EP - 472
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 6
ER -
