Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 177-182 , March 2010

Delusional versus nondelusional body dysmorphic disorder

  • Serafino G. Mancuso

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Swin-PsyCHE Research Unit, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Natalie P. Knoesen

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • David J. Castle

      Affiliations

    • St Vincent's Mental Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. St. Vincent's Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.05.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 177-182 , March 2010

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