Articles related to BODY DYSMORPHIA

This systematic review illuminates the complex interplay between body dysmorphia, anabolic-androgenic steroid use, and mental health outcomes. It underscores the urgent need for effective interventions and treatments to address these interconnected issues.

Stay informed about dangerous trends like bone smashing and understand the role of mental health in these practices.

Not all plastic surgeries can be reversed, and even when possible, reversals aren’t guaranteed. The Brazilian Butt Lift is an example of one surgery that appears to be going out to style. Similarly, the acceleration of surgeries for body dysmorphic disorder opens other reversal questions.

Muscle dysmorphia (MD), sometimes referred to as “reverse” or “big” anorexia (colloquially called “bigorexia”) is on the rise, and this article presents a comprehensive review on its history, highlights a few studies, provides the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for both MD and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and discusses the behaviors associated with the conditions, including risk factors, comorbidities, and complications. In addition, the author provides questions to ask to ascertain whether MD may be present.

A follow-up to the discussion we recently presented, this article asks doctors to look beyond the physical health of the patient to recognize and potentially treat muscle dysmorphia, the notion in which an individual is preoccupied with the idea that his or her body build is too small or insufficiently muscular.

A video and transcript of a conversation between Harrison “Skip” Pope Jr., MD, MPH, of Harvard Medical School, and Katharine Phillips, MD, of New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, who discuss symptoms, treatments, and social propagation of “muscle dysmorphia”: a preoccupation with the belief that one’s body isn’t large or muscular enough.