Prevalence, phenomenology and comorbidity of body dysmorphic disorder (dysmorphophobia) in a clinical population

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-82

  Perugi, Giulio ^a   Giannotti, Daniele ^a   Frare, Franco ^a   Di Vaio, Sabrina ^a   Valori, Elena ^a   Maggi, Luca ^a   Cassano, Giovanni Battista ^a   Akiskal, Hagop Souren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body dysmorphic disorder; Comorbidity; Dysmorphophobia clinical features

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002176541     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509709024707     Document Type: Article

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