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(BDD)
- One of the somatoform disorders, characterized by preoccupation with some
imagined defect in appearance not of delusional intensity but severe enough to
impair social or occupational functioning.
- Preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in appearance, for
example, facial wrinkles or excess facial or body hair.
Source: Davidson, Gerald C. and John M. Neale. 1994. Abnormal Psychology,
6th Edition. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons
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