Legal and medical aspects of Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Medicine and Law

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-735

  Nachshoni, Tali ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^b,c  

^a Beer Yaakov Mental Health Centre   (Israel)

^b Beer Yaacov and Ness Ziona Mental Health Centres ^*  (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body Dysmorphic Disorder, "eggshell personality"; Compensation; Liability

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPENSATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSTHYMIA; HUMAN; INTROVERSION; MALE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MILITARY SERVICE; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; OBSESSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 38849117724     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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