Body self-image disturbances in women with prolactinoma.

CONCLUSION: Symptomatic patients showed higher body dissatisfaction, but lower body self-image distortion. The presence of symptoms may have been responsible for increased body awareness. The perception of body shape could have triggered feelings of dissatisfaction compared to an ideal lean body. Therefore, a distorted body self-image might not necessarily result in body dissatisfaction in women with prolactinomas.
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Source: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria - July 14, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Pereira HS, Naliato EC, Moraes AB, Gadelha MR, Vieira Neto L, Almeida RM, Nardi AE, Violante AH Tags: Braz J Psychiatry Source Type: research