ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part The First Piece|62 pages
The Tip of the Thread
part The Second Piece|68 pages
The Roots
part The Third Piece|62 pages
The Fruits
part The Fourth Piece|66 pages
How Nature Copes
chapter 8|22 pages
Behavior, PTSD, and Surgical Compulsion in Plastic Surgery Patients
part The Fifth Piece|55 pages
Toward the End of the Thread