Not a pretty picture."Deadly Disorder: Imagined-ugliness illness yields high suicide rate" (SN: 7/22/06, p. 52) raises some questions. What about people who are physically unattractive--those whom a majority of the society considers ugly? I suspect that many people treated for body dysmorphic disorder Body Dysmorphic Disorder Definition Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is defined by DSM-IV-TR as a condition marked by excessive pre-occupation with an imaginary or minor defect in a facial feature or localized part of the body. (BDD BDD Base de Données (French: Database) BDD Business Desktop Deployment (Microsoft) BDD Behavior Driven Development BDD Binary Decision Diagram BDD Bantam Doubleday Dell ) are unattractive by that definition. The psychiatric psy·chi·at·ric adj. Of or relating to psychiatry. psychiatric adjective Pertaining to psychiatry, mental disorders profession tends to deny that many of the "illnesses" it treats are the result of realities that can't be "cured" by denial. FRED KOHLER Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor known for his "heavy" style of character. Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. , ASHLAND, ORE. Excuse me? Two out of nine study participants who attempted suicide succeeded, and this is "double" the suicide rate of some other group? What if one of those two successful attempts had failed because the attempt was discovered sooner? Is the suicide rate suddenly "normal"? JOSEPH C. NEMETH, FORT COLLINS, COLO Colo Colorado (old style state abbreviation) COLO Columbus, Ohio COLO Co-Location COLO Colonial National Historic Park (US National Park Service) COLO Cost Of Living Option . Actual ugliness is irrelevant to BDD. Only people who are seriously distressed by their belief that they're ugly have the disorder. Many people whom others find unattractive are fine with their appearances. The researchers were cautious about the findings because some groups were small.--E. JAFFE |
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