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Muscle dysmorphia: A South African sample by Volker Hitzeroth; Charmaine Wessels; Nompumelelo Zungu‐Dirwayi; Piet Oosthuizen; Dan J. Stein is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Muscle dysmorphia: A South African sample about?
**Abstract** It has recently been suggested that muscle dysmorphia, a pathological preoccupation with muscularity, is a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). There are, however, few studies of the phenomenology of this putative entity. Twenty‐eight amateur competitive body builders in the Western Cape, South Africa, were studied using a structured diagnostic interview that incorporated demographic data, body‐building activities and clinical questions focusing on muscle dysmorphia and BDD. There was a high rate of muscle dysmorphia in the sample (53.6%). Those with muscle dysmorphia were significantly more likely to have comorbid BDD based on preoccupations other than muscularity (33%). Use of the proposed diagnostic criteria for muscle dysmorphia indicated that this is a common and relevant entity. Its conceptualization as a subtype of BDD seems valid. The disorder deserves additional attention from both clinicians and researchers.
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- Author
- Volker Hitzeroth; Charmaine Wessels; Nompumelelo Zungu‐Dirwayi; Piet Oosthuizen; Dan J. Stein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1323-1316)
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)