The Broken Mirror
Subtitle: Understanding and Treating Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: April 27, 2005
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780195167191
First sentence: Millions of Americans have a secret obsession.
Table of contents: title: Why I'm updating this book; title: Why BDD matters; title: Patients speak; title: What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?; title: How do I know if I have BDD?; title: BDD comes in many forms; title: Painful obsessions; title: Mirror checking, grooming, camouflaging, dieting, and other BDD behaviors; title: How BDD affects lives : social avoidance, problems at work, and suicide; title: Gender and BDD across the life span; title: What causes BDD? Clues to an unsolved puzzle; title: Aren't we all concerned with how we look? BDD, body image, and normal appearance concerns; title: Getting better : a treatment guide; title: How to successfully treat BDD with medication; title: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for BDD; title: Treatments that don't work; title: Anorexia nervosa, obsessive compulsive disorder, Koro, and other disorders : are they relatives of BDD?; title: For family members and friends; title: Getting help for BDD; title: Appendixes.; title: Demographic characteristics of people with BDD; title: Brief description of selected psychiatric disorders; title: Instruments (scales) for assessing BDD; title: Co-occurrence of BDD and other disorders; title: Glossary