Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a relatively common disorder that consists of a distressing or impairing preoccupation with imagined or slight defects in ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutTryoutPMCLabsandtelluswhatyouthink.LearnMore.JournalListDialoguesClinNeurosciv.12(2);2010JunPMC3181960DialoguesClinNeurosci.2010Jun;12(2):221–232.doi: 10.31887/DCNS.2010.12.2/abjornssonPMCID:PMC3181960PMID:20623926Language:English|Spanish|FrenchBodydysmorphicdisorderTrastornodismórficocorporalTroubledysmorphophobiqueAndriS.Bjornsson,PhD*AndriS.Bjornsson,RhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USA;AndriS.BjornssonRhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USAFindarticlesbyAndriS.BjornssonElizabethR.Didie,PhDElizabethR.Didie,RhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USA;ElizabethR.DidieRhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USAFindarticlesbyElizabethR.DidieKatharineA.Phillips,MDKatharineA.Phillips,RhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USA;KatharineA.PhillipsRhodeIslandHospitalandAlpertMedicalSchoolofBrownUniversity,Providence,RhodeIsland,USAFindarticlesbyKatharineA.PhillipsAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer*Towhomcorrespondenceshouldbeaddressed.E-mail:ude.nworb@nossnrojB_irdnACopyright:©2010LLSThisisanopen-accessarticledistributedunderthetermsoftheCreativeCommonsAttributionLicense(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/),whichpermitsunrestricteduse,distribution,andreproductioninanymedium,providedtheoriginalworkisproperlycited.ThisarticlehasbeencitedbyotherarticlesinPMC.Bodydysmorphicdisorder(BDD)isarelativelycommondisorderthatconsistsofadistressingorimpairingpreoccupationwithimaginedorslightdefectsinappearance.BDDiscommonlyconsideredtobeanobsessivecompulsivespectrumdisorder,basedons