5. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual

obsessive-compulsive disorder: where do the diagnostic boundaries lie? Transtorno dismórfico corporal e/ou obsessivo-compulsivo: onde ficam as fronteiras diagnósticas? Dear Editor, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), although described in different sections of psychiatric classifications, present with many phenomenological similarities1-3 and the latter is included in the obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum.4 BDD is characterized by irrational preoccupations with nonexistent or minimal physical defects, which interfere in the individual’s activities. Patients usually show mirror checking