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body dysmorphic disorder: a standalone construct

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preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance that causes marked distress and impairment.

In psychiatry, body dysmorphic disorder refers to preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance that causes marked distress and impairment. This meaning comes from Phillips (1991) in American Journal of Psychiatry.[1]

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  1. Phillips, K. A. (1991). Body dysmorphic disorder: the distress of imagined ugliness. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(9), 1138-1149. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.148.9.1138

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