Dysmorphophobia: Body dysmorphic disorder or delusional disorder, somatic subtype?

Jose de Leon; Andrew Bott; George M. Simpson

doi:10.1016/0010-440X(89)90075-8

Dysmorphophobia: Body dysmorphic disorder or delusional disorder, somatic subtype?

Jose de Leon
, Andrew Bott
, George M. Simpson

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	457-472
Number of pages	16
Journal	Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume	30
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-440X(89)90075-8
State	Published - 1989

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