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Body
Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
Friday's Progress Notes - February 11, 2000
Mental Health Information - Vol. 4 Issue 4
Published by athealth.com - www.athealth.com
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CONTENTS:
1. Diagnosis and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder
2. Pumping iron and distorted body image
3. Interview with expert, J. Kevin Thompson, PhD
4. Discussing body image with high school athletes
5. Body image and self-esteem
6. Emotional eating
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Colleagues,
Today's newsletter features articles on body image and body dysmorphic disorder, an
excessive preoccupation with an imagined or minor body defect that can result in impaired
social, academic, or occupational functioning.
Also, a reminder that Eating Disorders screening is scheduled for February 14-20, 2000, at
hospitals, mental health centers, and high school and college campuses in the U.S. You can
call 1-800-284-5100 to locate the nearest screening site in the U.S. and Canada.
Please feel free to forward this information to professional colleagues,
who can sign-up for a free subscription to Friday's Progress Notes at
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Regrards,
Jack
John L. Miller, MD
1. AMERICAN FAMILY
PHYSICIAN
In Pursuit of Perfection: A Primary Care
Physician's Guide to Body Dysmorphic Disorder
The authors discuss etiology, diagnostic criteria, comorbidity, and treatment of body
dysmorphic disorder.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/991015ap/1738.html
2. PSYCHIATRIC
NEWS
Obsession With Pumping Iron May Indicate
Subtype of Body Dysmorphic Disorder
On going studies of bodybuilders indicate that exaggerated physical vanity may be a
manifestation of distorted body image.
http://www.psych.org/pnews/98-02-06/body.html
3. ATHEALTH.COM
Body Image and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Read an interview with J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, an expert on body dysmorphic disorder.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/BDDInterview.html
4. FAMILY PRACTICE
REPORT
Discuss Supplements During Sports Exams
Physicians are encouraged to ask teens about their use of supplements for improving
performance or "bulking up."
5. KIDSHEALTH
Body Image and Self-Esteem
Help for kids who struggle with body image and low self-esteem.
6. ATHEALTH.COM
Emotional Eating and Binge Eating Disorder
Athealth.com interviews Ellen Shuman, Director of the Acoria Eating Disorders Treatment Center in Cincinnati, and Dr. Sandy Matthews, a licensed psychologist at the Acoria Eating Disorders Treatment Center, about emotional overeating and binge eating disorder.
http://www.athealth.com/consumer/disorders/BingeInterview.html
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