Evaluation of cutaneous body image dissatisfaction in the dermatology patient

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-79

  Gupta, Madhulika A ^a   Gupta, Aditya K ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY IMAGE; BULIMIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMORBIDITY; CUTANEOUS BODY IMAGE SCALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NOTE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; BODY IMAGE; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; SKIN DISEASES; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 84871055418     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.11.010     Document Type: Note

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