Body dysmorphic disorder, psychosis and insight: A report of four cases

Psychopathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-135

  Lucchelli, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Bondolfi, Guido ^a   Bertschy, Gilles ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body dysmorphic disorder; Insight; Psychotic symptoms

Indexed keywords

PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTROSPECTION; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOMATIC DELUSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 33645465681     PISSN: 02544962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091798     Document Type: Article

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