RT Journal
A1 Phillips KA, Rasmussen SA, Price LH
T1 TReating imagined ugliness
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1999
FD November 1
VO 56
IS 11
SP 1041
OP 1042
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.56.11.1041
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.56.11.1041
AB 
BODY dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an intriguing and relatively common1- 2 syndrome that can challenge the clinical acumen of the most seasoned clinician. In the psychiatric literature, patients with BDD are described as extremely difficult to treat,3 and a noted dermatologist has stated, "The author knows of no more difficult patients to treat than those with body dysmorphic disorder."4(p463)