title: [Body dysmorphic disorder: clinical picture, diagnostic criteria, prevalence, course and treatment].
abstract: The article presents historical conceptions of dysmorphphobia and a review of recent references concerning aetiology, criteria for diagnosis of this disorder in new classifications of mental disorders (DSM-IV and ICD-10), course, and proposition of treatment. The author described characteristic personality traits of patients with dysmorphophobia and mental disorders, which are very often comorbid with this disorder (obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia, delusional disorder-somatic type) and mental disorders in first-degree relatives of persons with dysmorphophobia.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Psychiatrycznej Katedry Psychiatrii AM w Lodzi.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rabe-Jabłońska
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Dysmorfofobia. Obraz kliniczny, kryteria rozpoznawania, rozpowszechnienie, przebieg i leczenie.