Treatment of body-dysmorphic disorder with serotonin reuptake blockers

E. Hollander; M. R. Liebowitz; R. Winchel; A. Klumker; D. F. Klein

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Treatment of body-dysmorphic disorder with serotonin reuptake blockers

E. Hollander, M. R. Liebowitz, R. Winchel, A. Klumker, D. F. Klein

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The authors describe five patients with body-dysmorphic disorder who responded preferentially to serotonin reuptake blockers. They review the literature, describe how patients with excessive concern about body abnormalities lie along a spectrum of doubt and certainty, and discuss similarities and differences between this disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	768-770
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	146
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.146.6.768
State	Published - 1989
Externally published	Yes

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