SALINA-BRANDAO, Alessandra et al. Body dysmorphic disorder: a review of literature. []. , 19, 2, pp.525-540. ISSN 1413-389X.

This study aimed to review articles about BDD published from 1980 to 2008, indexed in Lilacs, Francis, Scielo, Psychinfo and Ovid's databases. The main categories of analysis in the study were bibliography, method, results and their specifications. Among the results it is emphasized the considerable increase of publications from 1996 on and the low frequency of national publications on this topic. The articles consulted were mostly of characterization, their designs were more frequent as the non-experimental and experimental and used the verbal report as the main source of data collection. The results of the investigated studies focus mainly the typical behaviors and characteristics of the population diagnosed with BDD. This paper discusses the articles consulted, their contributions to the area and knowledge gaps.

: Body dysmorphic disorder; Review study.

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