Body dysmorphic disorder: A review of nosology, cognition and neurobiology

Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-80

  Buchanan, Ben G ^a   Rossell, Susan L ^a   Castle, David J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROBIOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

EID: 84876511472     PISSN: 17582008     EISSN: 17582016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/npy.10.3     Document Type: Review

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