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Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery: The Face of Trauma

Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery: The Face of Trauma

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Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery explores the psychopathology of plastic surgeons when patients develop body dysmorphic disorder postoperatively, uncovering the childhood sources of the disorder.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 11 December 2018
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd


Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery delves into the intricate psychopathology that plastic surgeons may encounter when seemingly ideal surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) postoperatively. By exploring the profound impact of developmental abuse and neglect on body image, personality, addictions, resilience, and adult health, this extensively researched and highly readable book sheds light on the origins of BDD in childhood. Authored by a renowned plastic surgeon with extensive expertise in this field, the book features poignant clinical vignettes and groundbreaking trauma research, providing a fresh perspective on BDD that offers valuable insights for therapists, surgeons, and patients alike.

Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery explores the psychopathology that plastic surgeons can encounter when seemingly excellent surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic disorder postoperatively. By examining how developmental abuse and neglect influence body image, personality, addictions, resilience, and adult health, this highly readable book uncovers the childhood sources of body dysmorphic disorder. Written from the unique perspective of a leading plastic surgeon with extensive experience in this area and featuring many poignant clinical vignettes and groundbreaking trauma research, this heavily referenced text offers a new explanation for body dysmorphic disorder that provides help for therapists and surgeons and hope for patients.

Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery delves into the intricate psychopathology that plastic surgeons may encounter when seemingly ideal surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) postoperatively. By exploring the profound impact of developmental abuse and neglect on body image, personality, addictions, resilience, and adult health, this extensively researched and highly readable book sheds light on the origins of BDD in childhood. Authored by a renowned plastic surgeon with extensive expertise in this field, the book features poignant clinical vignettes and groundbreaking trauma research, providing a fresh perspective on BDD that offers valuable insights for therapists, surgeons, and patients alike.

Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery explores the psychopathology that plastic surgeons can encounter when seemingly excellent surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic disorder postoperatively. By examining how developmental abuse and neglect influence body image, personality, addictions, resilience, and adult health, this highly readable book uncovers the childhood sources of body dysmorphic disorder. Written from the unique perspective of a leading plastic surgeon with extensive experience in this area and featuring many poignant clinical vignettes and groundbreaking trauma research, this heavily referenced text offers a new explanation for body dysmorphic disorder that provides help for therapists and surgeons and hope for patients.

Weight: 502g
Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781138100312

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