title: Own-body perception in body dysmorphic disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper reviews the literature as it relates to perceptual processes in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).
  
  
  METHODS
  A narrative-style review of the literature was undertaken to explore the relationship between BDD and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the empirical evidence for aberrant own-body perception in BDD, and the possible role of the parietal cortex in the disorder.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The extant literature appears to support the postulation that BDD is underpinned by a dysfunction in somatoperception-the process by which individuals formulate a sense of what they look like.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Investigation of somatoperceptive processes in BDD and related brain structures would provide important insight about the development and maintenance of this complex and often neglected psychiatric condition, and, in turn, help improve its treatment.
authors: a School of Psychology and Psychiatry , Monash University , Melbourne , Australia.
authors: Ryan A
authors: RA
authors: Kaplan
authors: Susan L
authors: SL
authors: Rossell
authors: Peter G
authors: PG
authors: Enticott
authors: David J
authors: DJ
authors: Castle
mesh_terms: D057215:Body Dysmorphic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology