[Dysmorphophobia--symptom or diagnosis?].
Dysmorphophobia as a new psychiatric syndrome was described by the Italian psychiatrist Morselli in 1891. Dysmorphophobic symptoms are associated with several other psychiatric disorders. The term of dysmorphophobia will be discussed along a theoretical review. We present the case of a 20-year-old patient with dysmorphophobic symptoms. In the scope of ICD 10, DSM-III-R/DSM IV diagnostical criteria we outline problems of the diagnostical classification of dysmorphophobic signs.
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Psychiatrische Klinik, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, München.
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Möller
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Kapfhammer
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology