Body Dysmorphic Disorder. A Male Concern

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

2. How do I know if I have Body Dysmorphic Disorder?

3. Different forms of Body Dysmorphic Disorder…
3.1 Muscle Dysmorphia
3.2 BDD by proxy

4. Obsessions and BDD

5. Compulsions and BDD

6. Cases of males with BDD – examples

7. Causes of BDD

8. BDD and gender – a male slant

9. How does BDD affect the male sufferer?

10. Treatment options for BDD sufferers…
10.1 Medication
10.2 Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy
10.3 Cosmetic treatments

11. BDD and other disorders…
11.1 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
11.2 Depression
11.3 Eating Disorders
11.4 Social Phobia

12. Family assistance for the sufferer

13. Where to get help for the sufferer
13.1 Organizations
13.2 Books and Websites for further reading

14. References

15. APPENDICES
15.1 Appendix A – Definition of BDD (DSM-IV)
15.2 Appendix B – Do I Have BDD? (Anna Paterson)
15.3 Appendix C - Location of imagined defects in 30 patients with BDD
15.4 Appendix D - Have I got BDD? (Veale, Willson & Clarke)
15.5 Appendix E - Clues to the Adonis Complex in Boys (Pope et al.)
15.6 Appendix F - Common Compulsive Behaviours (Rituals) in BDD (Phillips)