PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Helwick, Caroline TI - Olfactory Reference Syndrome: An Under-Recognized Disorder DP - 2010 Aug 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 9--9 VI - 10 IP - 4 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/4/9.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/10/4/9.full AB - Olfactory reference syndrome (ORS) is a disabling psychiatric disorder that is characterized by the excessive, irrational fear that one is emitting a foul or unpleasant odor. The obsession may be an exaggerated, disproportionate concern with a natural body smell or may involve an entirely imagined odor.