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BDD (other)
BDD or bdd may refer to: Science and technology * Body dysmorphic disorder, a mental disorder involving a disturbed body image * Brachydactyly type D, relative shortness and roundness of the thumb with an accompanying wide nail bed * Electro-oxidation#Boron-doped diamond (BDD), Boron-doped diamond, synthetic diamond containing some boron. Computing * Balancing domain decomposition, a parallel iterative method in numerical analysis * Behavior-driven development, a software development technique * Binary decision diagram, a data structure in computer science * Business Desktop Deployment, project management tools published by Microsoft * Business-driven development, a software development methodology focusing on business requirements Organisations * Bantam Doubleday Dell, a book publisher that became part of Random House * Bund der Deutschen, a German political party of the 1950s and 1960s Places * Badu Island Airport, Queensland, Australia (by IATA code) * Baoding East railway sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), occasionally still called dysmorphophobia, is a mental disorder characterized by the obsessive idea that some aspect of one's own body part or appearance is severely flawed and therefore warrants exceptional measures to hide or fix it. In BDD's delusional variant, the flaw is imagined. If the flaw is actual, its importance is severely exaggerated. Either way, thoughts about it are pervasive and intrusive, and may occupy several hours a day, causing severe distress and impairing one's otherwise normal activities. BDD is classified as a somatoform disorder, and the ''DSM-5'' categorizes BDD in the obsessive–compulsive spectrum, and distinguishes it from anorexia nervosa. BDD is estimated to affect from 0.7% to 2.4% of the population. It usually starts during adolescence and affects both men and women. The BDD subtype muscle dysmorphia, perceiving the body as too small, affects mostly males. Besides thinking about it, one repetitively checks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
