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Dysmorphophobia—A Long-term Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Francis Hugh Connolly  and
Michael Gipson
Francis Hugh Connolly
Affiliation:
West Park Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Michael Gipson
Affiliation:
University of Sheffield, Royal Hospital Annexe, Fulwood, Sheffield 10
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Summary

This study examines the mental health of 187 patients who had a rhinoplasty fifteen years earlier. Of 101 who had the operation following disease or injury 9 are now severely neurotic and one schizophrenic; of 86 who had the operation for aesthetic reasons 32 are now severely neurotic and 6 schizophrenic. The differences between the two groups are significant, and show that dysmorphophobia is an ominous symptom.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 6 , June 1978 , pp. 568 - 570
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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