muscle dysmorphia
bigorexia

Several hypotheses try to explain the origins of muscle dysmorphia.

Muscle dysmorphia is most common in males and often starts in the late teens, although sometimes, they can be older.

Several treatment options are typically pursed for muscle dysmorphia :

Clinical features of muscle dysmorphia among males with body dysmorphic disorder.

Around one in 100 male athletes may suffer from "muscle dysmorphia", a serious body image disorder that can lead to drug abuse and eating problems.

Muscle dysmorphia influences a person's mood, often causing depression or feelings of disgust.

Muscle dysmorphia: an underrecognized form of body dysmorphic disorder.

He has stated that he has muscle dysmorphia.

Dr. Pope predicted that muscle dysmorphia would become increasingly common with the growing number of Americans "addicted" to working out.

Muscle dysmorphia (or more informally bigorexia) is a disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with the idea that they are not muscular enough.

'Muscle dysmorphia' in male weightlifters: a case-control study.

They based their diagnosis on four case studies involving 276 body builders, including 33 men and 32 women who were determined to have the muscle dysmorphia syndrome.

Some say that the fixation or obsession with correction of the area could be a sub-disorder such as anorexia or muscle dysmorphia.

A description of the disorder, called muscle dysmorphia, appeared in the November/December issue of the journal Psychosomatics.

Two years ago, the Pope group renamed this disorder "muscle dysmorphia," the more specialized condition that involves an obsessive preoccupation with muscularity.

Sometimes referred to as reverse anorexia nervosa, or the Adonis Complex, muscle dysmorphia is a very specific type of body dysmorphic disorder.

Sociologist Anthony Cortese views muscle dysmorphia as an obsessive compulsive disorder that reflects the dysfunctionality of gender roles in post-modern society.

Muscle dysmorphia is becoming more common as societal pressures regarding male body image become more prominent to today's youth, but is not just a simple obsession with working out.

A 2006 study has showed that long-term anabolic steroid users were more likely to have symptoms of muscle dysmorphia and also showed stronger endorsement of more traditional male roles.

As with other forms of body dysmorphic disorder, muscle dysmorphia is strictly connected with selective attention: individuals selectively focus their attention on perceived defect (too skinny body, underweight etc.).

Choi PYL, Pope HG, Jr, Olivardia R. Muscle dysmorphia: a new syndrome in weightlifters.

Eating disorders are also sometimes found in people with BDD, as are trichotillomania, dermatillomania, and sub-type disorders Olfactory Reference Syndrome and muscle dysmorphia.

Leit, RA, Gray JJ, Pope HG Jr, The media's representation of the ideal male body: A cause for muscle dysmorphia?

Some young women and men exercise excessively in an effort to achieve what they consider an attractively fit and muscular body, which in extreme cases can lead to body dysmorphic disorder or muscle dysmorphia.

Finally, the cognitive-behavioral theory holds that muscle dysmorphia is influenced by several factors including culture, biological predisposition, psychological vulnerabilities (e.g. low self-esteem) and early childhood experiences (e.g. bullying and teasing) .

Muscle dysmorphia (or more informally bigorexia) is a disorder in which a person becomes obsessed with the idea that they are not muscular enough.

The Invisible Man: A Self-help Guide for Men with Eating Disorders, Compulsive Exercise and Bigorexia, John Morgan, 2008.

Not surprisingly, they manifest similar signs of image disturbance: they develop bulimia or "bigorexia" (compulsive body building), wolf down Viagra and undergo cosmetic surgery in numbers approaching an unhappy parity with women.