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Unhappiness with your online appearance can lead to negative thinking and poor body image.
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About a quarter of those with body dysmorphic disorder attempt suicide or struggle with ideas of suicide. Fortunately, medication and therapy have proved highly effective at treating the disorder.
Research has confirmed higher rates of body dysmorphic disorder among people seeking cosmetic procedures, but we don’t know as much about other mental health issues.
More time spent on social media can leave young adults feeling worse about their bodies.
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Boys, LGBTQ youth and people with normal body mass index are often overlooked when it comes to recognizing eating disorders, a physician and psychotherapist explain.
Muscle dysmorphia can lead to other mental health conditions, such as anxiety or depression.
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Social media and changing ideas about masculinity are making more and more young men believe their body is too small, skinny or insufficiently muscular.
The film Wonder tells the story of a boy with severe facial defects.
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People with facial difference often develop strategies for smoothing over social awkwardness, such as ways of introducing the issue into conversation early or using humour to deflect attention.
The highest rates of body dysmorphic disorder are found among people seeking help from cosmetic surgeons, cosmetic dermatologists and other such specialists.
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To not screen, and then deliver cosmetic procedures to people who may have body dysmorphic disorder, goes against the medical dictum “first do no harm”.
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People with body dysmorphic disorder have an excessive fear of looking ugly or disfigured.
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When people think of mental problems related to body image, often the first thing that comes to mind is the thin figure associated with anorexia. Body dysmorphic disorder is less well known, but has around…