title: [Dysmorphophobia--symptom or diagnosis?].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrische Klinik, Ludwig Maximilians-Universität, München.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wegner
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Meisenzahl
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kapfhammer
mesh_terms: 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