Selime ÇELİK, Ergül FİDAN, Cüneyt EVREN, FATMA YEŞİM CAN, Birim S. DANIŞMANT, Şengül ÇAVUŞ, EVRİM ERTEN

Beden dismorfik bozukluğu ve madde bağımlılığı: Bir olgu sunumu

Beden Dismorfik Bozukluğu (BDB) psikiyatri uzmanlarının olduğu kadar, diğer tıp dallarındaki hekimlerin de karşılaşabileceği bir hastalıktır. Temel özelliği, görünümdeki hayali ya da hafif bir fiziksel kusurla ilişkili yoğun zihinsel uğraşıdır. BDB’de belirtiler, sıklıkla ergenlikte ya da genç erişkinlik çağında kendini gösterir ve tanı konmadan kalabilir. Bu yazıda, frontoparietal bölgesindeki saçların seyrek olmasını, “sürekli gözümün önüne gelen boşluklar” diye tanımlayan ve duyduğu kaygıyı yatıştırmak amacıyla düşük dozda benzodiyazepin kullanmaya başlayıp, sonrasında bağımlılık geliştiren bir olgu, literatür eşliğinde tartışılmıştır.

Body dysmorphic disorder and substance dependence: a case report

Body dysmorphic disorder is a relatively common disorder seen by psychiatrists as well as other physicians from various specialties. The main feature of the disorder is intense preoccupation with either imaginary or real, but minor imperfections in one’s appearance. Symptoms usually emerge in adolescence or young adulthood and may remain undiagnosed. In this article, we presented a case who had started taking low dose benzodiazepines to calm down the anxiety caused by frontoparietal hair loss which he defined as “empty areas that catch my eye continously”, and addicted to this drug.

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