Psychiatric Manifestations of Body Dysmorphic Disorder Differential Diagnoses
- Author: Iqbal Ahmed, MBBS, FRCPsych (UK); Chief Editor: David Bienenfeld, MD more...
Differential Diagnoses
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Conversion Disorders
- Delusional Disorder
- Major depression
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Occult medical condition (eg, brain tumor, endocrine disturbances)
- Social Phobia
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