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. 1992 Jan-Mar;34(1):57–58.

DYSMORPHOPHOBIA WITH BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE DISORDER : A CASE REPORT

SN Sengupta 1,, P Das 2, MV Kamble 3, Shekhar Saxena 4
PMCID: PMC2980987  PMID: 21776101

Abstract

This case report describes the progression of dysmorphophobic symptoms in the dimension of intensity from a normal age related concern, to primary dysmorpliophobia, to a somatic delusion during depressive and manic phases of a bipolar affective disorder. The depressive episodes were resistant to drug treatment but responded to ECTs.

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