title: [Maybe the way to beauty is compulsion?].
abstract: In article was presented characteristic features of mental disorders from spectrum obsessive compulsive disorder, dysmorphic disorder and spectrum impulse control disorders. Dysmorphophobia is a psychiatric disorder characterized by imagined aesthetic defect in physical appearance in spite of visual changes. This paper is a review of the up-to-date knowledge on prevalence, diagnostic criteria and clinical picture of body dysmorphic disorder. The authors underline the connections between this disorder and other disorders, classified by some authors, as a part of the obsessive compulsive disorder spectrum. The problem with distinguishing the psychotic feature of body dysmorphic disorder is presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy, Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii. maxeve@interia.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogłodek
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moś
authors.forename: Luiza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Araszkiewicz
authors.forename: Waldemar
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Placek
mesh_terms: D000855:Anorexia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001828:Body Image; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence