Am J Psychiatry 1984; 141:1463-1464
Copyright © 1984 by American Psychiatric Association
A case report of successful treatment of dysmorphophobia with tranylcypromine
MA Jenike
The author describes a 21-year-old woman with persistent disabling
dysmorphophobia (atypical somatoform disorder) that failed to respond to
neuroleptics and heterocyclic antidepressants but resolved completely with
the monamine oxidase inhibitor tranylcypromine.