title: Body dysmorphic disorder: Borderline category between neurosis and psychosis.
abstract: Body dysmorphic disorder is an under-recognized chronic problem that has been established as an independent diagnostic entity. Its clinical features, comorbidity, course, and prognosis have been studied in detail. But, the issue of its psychotic and non-psychotic variants and the question of dimensional or categorical method of classifying this disorder still pose a diagnostic dilemma. This case report tries to highlight this issue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ponnudurai
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sri Ramachandra University, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Ravindran
keywords: Body dysmorphic disorder; delusional subtype; non-delusional variant