ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
ANXIETY DISORDERS
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People with this disorder are very likely to seek cosmetic treatment
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The most common age of onset of the disorder is 12-13 years.
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Females are more likely than males to experience the disorder, and focus on different parts of the body varies among genders
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Cosmetic treatment tends to lead to reduction in disorder-related preoccupation.
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Detailed explanation-1: -BDD usually begins during adolescence, with two studies reporting a mean age at onset of 16 and a mode of 13.
Detailed explanation-2: -BDD is most likely to start in your teens or early adult years. People usually develop BDD around 12 or 13 years old. Two-thirds of people with BDD develop it before age 18. However, BDD can also start in adulthood.
Detailed explanation-3: -Body dysmorphic disorder typically starts in the early teenage years and it affects both males and females. Certain factors seem to increase the risk of developing or triggering body dysmorphic disorder, including: Having blood relatives with body dysmorphic disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Detailed explanation-4: -BDD most often develops in adolescents and teens, and research shows that it affects men and women almost equally. In the United States, BDD occurs in about 2.5% in males, and in 2.2 % of females. BDD often begins to occur in adolescents 12-13 years of age (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
Detailed explanation-5: -Body dysmorphic disorder is a mental health condition in which children feel extreme worry about their physical appearance. Children with body dysmorphic disorder get very upset about a tiny flaw in the way they look. Sometimes the flaw doesn’t even exist. This disorder is sometimes called “imagined ugliness.”