Those With Body-Image Disorders Process 'Big Picture' Visual Information Abnormally

Date: 2011-05-27 04:00:00 in Eating Disorders

People suffering from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD - a severe mental illness characterized by debilitating misperceptions that one appears disfigured and ugly - process visual information abnormally, even when looking at inanimate objects, according to a new UCLA study. First author Dr... ...

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