1. Mental health and psychosocial characteristics of breast augmentation patients.
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von Soest, Tilmann, Torgersen, Leila, and Kvalem, Ingela Lundin
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MENTAL illness risk factors , *PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology , *SUBSTANCE abuse & psychology , *VIOLENCE & psychology , *PERSONAL beauty , *BODY image , *INTERPERSONAL relations , *LONGITUDINAL method , *MAMMAPLASTY , *MENTAL health , *RISK assessment , *PLASTIC surgery , *PSYCHOLOGY of women , *SOCIOECONOMIC factors , *DISEASE prevalence - Abstract
Cosmetic breast surgery experience and a wide range of mental health, psychosocial, and sociodemographic variables were assessed in the population-based Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (N = 78,252). Breast augmentation patients reported elevated mental health problems. Factors in the domains of physical appearance, drug use, relationships, and exposure to abuse were all related to breast augmentation. Adjusting for such factors reduced the relationships between breast augmentation surgery and all mental health problems to non-significance. Results indicate that the increased prevalence of mental health problems among breast augmentation patients has to be understood from multiple perspectives involving several psychosocial domains. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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