Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD): Popular Literature

Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of beliefs, morals, and bodies. Systems of oppression thrive off our inability to make peace with difference and injure the relationship we have with our own bodies.

For 30 years, Brian Cuban has struggled with Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Through very personal and poignant anecdotes he speaks from the male perspective of this disorder.

This book is a unique treatment manual which looks at the history and assessment and therapy of BDD, offering an treatment model in the form of CBT and pharmacotherapy. Included is the current knowledge and theoretical perspectives about BDD and practical resources, such as client handouts.

The authors draw on their clinical experience to discuss the issue of body image, self-esteem, eating disorders, muscle dysmorphia and BDD in boys and men. The book includes identification tools and the cultural and social practices that may influence body issues.

Dr. Katharine Phillips draws on clinical practice and detailed interviews with over 200 patients to bring readers the first book on Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Philips provides theories on why BDD develops, BDD treatments, and BDD questionnaires that can be used by professional and patients.

Orbach, an esteemed Psychotherapist, diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies, and points the way toward a process of healing. She believes that westernized views of body as object has created unhealthy obsessions with the desire to fit in.