High prevalence of negative mood and body dissatisfaction among Brazilian adolescents and women

Abstract

In Brazil, the prevalence of anxiety is the world's highest and depression ranking fifth. In the same manner, body image disorders are very frequent. This article briefly review and discusses the phenomena of body image disorder and its role on mood disorders. Body dissatisfaction is very frequent among girls, adolescents and women in Brazil which constitutes an important risk factor for both mood and affective disorders. K E Y w o r d s-body image, mood disorders, suicide, depression.