Abstract
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is characterized by preoccupation with a defect in appearance. Concepts of beauty play a particularly crucial role in humans' mental and social life, and may have specific psychobiologic and evolutionary underpinnings. In particular, there is a growing literature on the neurocircuitry underpinning the body schema, body image and facial expression processing, and aesthetic and symmetry judgments. Speculatively, disruptions in cognitive-affective processes relevant to judgements about physical beauty lead to BDD.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Atrophy / diagnostic imaging
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Atrophy / pathology
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Beauty*
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Biological Evolution*
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Brain / blood supply
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Brain / diagnostic imaging
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
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Frontal Lobe / pathology
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Humans
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Male
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / drug therapy
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / genetics
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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / therapeutic use
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Somatoform Disorders / diagnosis*
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Somatoform Disorders / drug therapy
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Somatoform Disorders / psychology
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Space Perception / physiology
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Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
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Temporal Lobe / pathology
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Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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Visual Perception / physiology
Substances
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Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors