The Drive for Muscle Leanness: A Complex Case with Features of Muscle Dysmorphia and Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-2006
Keywords
Muscularity, body image, eating disturbance, muscle dysmorphia, body dysmorphia
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03327575
Abstract
Muscle dysmorphia has been described as a subtype of body dysmorphic disorder in which an individual experiences severe body image disturbance related to muscularity. The current case is of a 20-year-old man who describes a history of muscle dysmorphia in which the nature of the body image concern is related to leanness (i.e., muscularity in the absence of body fat), as opposed to increasing muscle mass, which is how muscle dysmorphia has typically been characterized in the literature. The case illustrates the need to consider this additional facet of body image when diagnosing muscle dysmorphia.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Eating and Weight Disorders, v. 11, issue 4, p. 117-118
Scholar Commons Citation
Cafri, Guy; Blevins, N.; and Thompson, Joel K., "The Drive for Muscle Leanness: A Complex Case with Features of Muscle Dysmorphia and Eating Disorder not Otherwise Specified" (2006). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2202.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2202
