Psychiatric patients who desire aesthetic surgery: Identifying the problem patient

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Mowlavi, Arian ^a,b   Lille, Sean ^a   Andrews, Kris ^a   Yashar, Sharam ^a   Schoeller, Thomas ^a   Weschelberger, Goddfried ^a   Anderson, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION;

EID: 0033955210     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044010-00018     Document Type: Review

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