Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery

Childhood Abuse, Body Shame, and Addictive Plastic Surgery explores the psychopathology that plastic surgeons can encounter when seemingly excellent surgical candidates develop body dysmorphic disorder postoperatively.

Mark B. Constantian, MD, FACS, has practiced plastic surgery in Nashua, New Hampshire, since 1978 and has faculty appointments at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia. He is the author of more than 100 professional journal articles and book chapters and two previous textbooks, including Rhinoplasty: Craft and Magic.

Foreword, David L. Corwin, MD Preface Acknowledgments The First Piece: The Tip of the Thread Chapter 1: Where the Thread Began: What Surgeons Learn From Patients and Their Families Chapter 2: What the Mental Health Literature Says About Body Dysmorphic Disorder The Second Piece: The Roots: Developmental Trauma and Its Effects Chapter 3: The Valley of the Shadow: Core Issues and Parenting Chapter 4: Body Image and Body Image Disorders The Third Piece: The Fruits: How We Suffer and Medicate Chapter 5: The Ways We Suffer: Body Shame and the Astounding Spectrum of Its Ravages Chapter 6: The Ways We Medicate: Addictions and Behaviors Most Relevant to Body Image The Fourth Piece: How Nature Copes Chapter 7: The Effects of Trauma on Brain and Body Chapter 8: Behavior, PTSD, and Surgical Compulsion in Plastic Surgery Patients: Trailing the Trauma Prevalence The Fifth Piece: Toward the End of the Thread: Trauma, Body Image, Plastic Surgery, and Resilience Chapter 9: Adverse Childhood Events in Medical and Plastic Surgery Patients and Their Effects on Adult Health, Personality, and Surgical Happiness Chapter 10: Resilience: The Antidote and the Inspiration Afterword