Lecture 12 - Body Dysmorphia - For student

what is body dysmorphia

preoccupation with physical defects of ones body or appearnce that lead to efforts to fix/hide it

what is muscle dysmorphia

it is a subtype of BDD with 3 primary criteria

what are the 3 criteria of muscle dysmorphia

preoccupation with being lean/muscluar

negative beliefs about ones body

these interfere with social functioning

who is most at risk for MD

males

late adolescence/early adult

white

bodybuilders

what are the treatments for BDD and MDD

cogintive based therapy

antidepressants

family-based therapy

what was the purpose of the study

effectiveness of the rational emotive behabior therapy on MDD IB and USA

results of the study post

decrease in irrational beliefs

increase in unconditional self acceptance

¾ decrese in MD sybptoms

results 6 months post

more improvments for IB (3/4)

more improvments for USA 4/4

more impreovemtns for MD 3/4

what does the research say about media and MD

limited research

what does screen time do for BDD

it is corlational but more screen has more BDD