A dysmorphophobic reaction to cosmetic dentistry: Observations and responses to psychotherapeutic intervention

TY - JOUR

T1 - A dysmorphophobic reaction to cosmetic dentistry

T2 - Observations and responses to psychotherapeutic intervention

AU - Freeman, Ruth

AU - Kells, Briony

PY - 1996

Y1 - 1996

N2 - This paper gives an account of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of a 23-year-old woman who sustained a dysmorphophobic reaction during and following cosmetic dental treatment. The data which emerged during the psychotherapeutic treatment is described in detail, attention being concentrated on memories, phantasies and transference reactions. A sexual theory of symptom-formation is described which provides an explanation for the patient’s anomalous reaction to the dental treatment. The successful outcome of the psychotherapy is attributed to a number of factors, each of which had its own special importance.

AB - This paper gives an account of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of a 23-year-old woman who sustained a dysmorphophobic reaction during and following cosmetic dental treatment. The data which emerged during the psychotherapeutic treatment is described in detail, attention being concentrated on memories, phantasies and transference reactions. A sexual theory of symptom-formation is described which provides an explanation for the patient’s anomalous reaction to the dental treatment. The successful outcome of the psychotherapy is attributed to a number of factors, each of which had its own special importance.

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85008770596

U2 - 10.1080/02668739600700041

DO - 10.1080/02668739600700041

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85008770596

SN - 0266-8734

VL - 10

SP - 21

EP - 31

JO - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

JF - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

IS - 1

ER -