Body Dysmorphic Disorder: gender differences and prevalence in a Pakistani medical student population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric disorder characterized by a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect which causes significant distress or impairment in functioning. Few studies have assessed gender differences in BDD in a non clinical population. Also no study assessed BDD in medical students. This study was designed to determine the point prevalence of BDD in Pakistani medical students and the gender differences in prevalence of BDD, body foci of concern and symptoms of BDD.

Methods

The medical students enrolled in a medical university in Karachi, Pakistan filled out a self-report questionnaire which assessed clinical features of BDD. BDD was diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria.

Results

Out of the 156 students, 57.1% were fema

SUBMITTER: Taqui AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2329619 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature