title: Beauty and the beast: Psychobiologic and evolutionary perspectives on body dysmorphic disorder.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Dan J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Warwick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001504:Beauty; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors