title: Understanding the psychology of the cosmetic patients.
abstract: Patients seeking cosmetic surgery commonly present with psychiatric disorders including body dysmorphic disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, and histrionic personality disorder. A basic understanding of the characteristic features of these conditions and the importance of specialized screening questionnaires and preoperative interview questions are valuable to dermatologic surgeons as the information extracted can help provide clinicians with the most appropriate management including referral for psychiatric intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan MI 48124, USA. fmalick@med.wayne.edu
authors.forename: Farah
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Malick
authors.forename: Josie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koo
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000523:psychology*