A review of psychosocial outcomes for patients seeking cosmetic surgery

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1229-1237

  Honigman, Roberta J ^b   Phillips, Katharine A ^b   Castle, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; DEPRESSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHINOPLASTY; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342531802     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000110214.88868.CA     Document Type: Review

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