Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Anxiety Disorders

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Preoccupation with imagined or exaggerated defects in appearance

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Repetitive behaviors

Checking, picking, ritualistic grooming

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Neurobiological basis

Similar functioning abnormalities to OCD, abnormalities in visual information processing

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Genetic factors

Higher concordance rates for BDD among relatives

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Prevalence estimates

1-2%

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Treatment of BDD

Biological treatments: Antidepressants medications, Behavioral treatments: Exposure/response prevention, Cognitive treatments: Identifying and modifying distorted body-related cognitions

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CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has good research support for BDD

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Diathesis-Stress Perspective

No single model fully explains all anxiety disorders

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Biopsychosocial perspective

Different factors contribute to anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, different pathways lead to the same disorder

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Three levels of analysis

Biological, Psychological, Sociocultural