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Dysmorphophobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

G. G. Hay
G. G. Hay*
Affiliation:
Bolton District General Hospital, Farnworth, Bolton, Lancs
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Extract

Patients are occasionally referred to a psychiatrist with the primary complaint of a cosmetic defect in their appearance, and in a previous communication 45 such patients, dissatisfied with their noses and requesting cosmetic surgery, were studied (Hay, in press).

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 533 , April 1970 , pp. 399 - 406
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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