Body dysmorphic disorder

References

Key articles

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 5th ed., text revision, (DSM-5-TR). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2022.

​Phillips KA, Kelly MM. Body dysmorphic disorder: clinical overview and relationship to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2021 Oct;19(4):413-9.Full text  Abstract

Singh AR, Veale D. Understanding and treating body dysmorphic disorder. Indian J Psychiatry. 2019 Jan;61(Suppl 1):S131-5.Full text  Abstract

Castle D, Beilharz F, Phillips KA, et al. Body dysmorphic disorder: a treatment synthesis and consensus on behalf of the International College of Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and the Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders Network of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2021 Mar 1;36(2):61-75.Full text  Abstract

Reference articles

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26. ​Simmons R, Phillips KA. Core clinical features of body dysmorphic disorder: appearance preoccupations, negative emotions, core beliefs, and repetitive and avoidance behaviors. In: Phillips KA, ed. Body dysmorphic disorder: advances in research and clinical practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2017:61-80.

27. Phillips KA, McElroy SL. Personality disorders and traits in patients with body dysmorphic disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2000 Jul-Aug;41(4):229-36. Abstract

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29. Kelly MM, Didie ER, Phillips KA. Personal and appearance-based rejection sensitivity in body dysmorphic disorder. Body Image. 2014 Jun;11(3):260-5.Full text  Abstract

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32. Phillips KA, Menard W, Fay C, et al. Psychosocial functioning and quality of life in body dysmorphic disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2005 Jul-Aug;46(4):254-60.Full text  Abstract

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35. ​Phillips KA, Grant J, Siniscalchi J, et al. Surgical and nonpsychiatric medical treatment of patients with body dysmorphic disorder. Psychosomatics. 2001 Nov-Dec;42(6):504-10.Full text  Abstract

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38. Phillips KA, Gunderson CG, Mallya G, et al. A comparison study of body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 1998 Nov;59(11):568-75.  Abstract

39. Phillips KA, Menard W, Fay C, et al. Demographic characteristics, phenomenology, comorbidity, and family history in 200 individuals with body dysmorphic disorder. Psychosomatics. 2005 Jul-Aug;46(4):317-25.Full text  Abstract

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41. Hart AS, Phillips KA. Symmetry concerns as a symptom of body dysmorphic disorder. J Obsessive Compuls Relat Disord. 2013 Jul 1;2(3):292-8.Full text  Abstract

42. ​Pope CG, Pope HG, Menard W, et al. Clinical features of muscle dysmorphia among males with body dysmorphic disorder. Body Image. 2005 Dec;2(4):395-400.Full text  Abstract

43. Grant JE, Menard W, Phillips KA. Pathological skin picking in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2006 Nov-Dec;28(6):487-93.​Full text  Abstract

44. ​Phillips KA. The broken mirror: understanding and treating body dysmorphic disorder. Revised and expanded edition. New York: Oxford University Press; 2005.

45. Albertini RS, Phillips KA. Thirty-three cases of body dysmorphic disorder in children and adolescents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Apr;38(4):453-9.Full text  Abstract

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47. Phillips KA, Pinto A, Hart AS, et al. A comparison of insight in body dysmorphic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder. J Psychiatr Res. 2012 Oct;46(10):1293-9.Full text  Abstract

48. ​Pinto A, Phillips KA. Social anxiety in body dysmorphic disorder. Body Image. 2005 Dec;2(4):401-5.Full text  Abstract

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51. Phillips KA. Assessment of body dysmorphic disorder: screening, diagnosis, severity, and insight. In: Phillips KA, ed. Body dysmorphic disorder: advances in research and clinical practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2017:204-25.

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53. Phillips KA. Understanding body dysmorphic disorder: an essential guide. New York: Oxford University Press; 2009.

54. ​Dufresne RG, Phillips KA, Vittorio CC, et al. A screening questionnaire for body dysmorphic disorder in a cosmetic dermatologic surgery practice. Dermatol Surg. 2001 May;27(5):457-62. Abstract

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74. ​Phillips KA. An open study of buspirone augmentation of serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in body dysmorphic disorder. Psychopharmacol Bull. 1996;32(1):175-80. Abstract

75. Phillips KA, Kelly MM. Suicidality in a placebo-controlled fluoxetine study of body dysmorphic disorder. Int Clin Psychopharmacol. 2009 Jan;24(1):26-8.Full text  Abstract

76. Phillips KA, Menard W. Suicidality in body dysmorphic disorder: a prospective study. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Jul;163(7):1280-2.Full text  Abstract

77. ​Veale D, Anson M, Miles S, et al. Efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy versus anxiety management for body dysmorphic disorder: a randomised controlled trial. Psychother Psychosom. 2014;83(6):341-53.Full text  Abstract

78. ​Wilhelm S, Phillips KA, Steketee G. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: a treatment manual. New York: Guilford Press; 2013.

79. ​Wilhelm S, Phillips KA, Greenberg JL, et al. Efficacy and posttreatment effects of therapist-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy vs supportive psychotherapy for adults with body dysmorphic disorder: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Psychiatry. 2019 Apr 1;76(4):363-73.Full text  Abstract

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82. Hoeppner SS, Hall MD, Hiranandani M, et al. Time to response in therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: a comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and supportive psychotherapy. Behavior Therapy. 2023 [in press].

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86. Enander J, Andersson E, Mataix-Cols D, et al. Therapist guided internet based cognitive behavioural therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: single blind randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2016 Feb 2;352:i241.Full text  Abstract

87. Wilhelm S, Weingarden H, Greenberg JL, et al. Efficacy of app-based cognitive behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder with coach support: initial randomized controlled clinical trial. Psychother Psychosom. 2022;91(4):277-85.Full text  Abstract

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90. Phillips KA, Menard W, Quinn E, et al. A 4-year prospective observational follow-up study of course and predictors of course in body dysmorphic disorder. Psychol Med. 2013 May;43(5):1109-17. Abstract

91. ​Phillips KA, Keshaviah A, Dougherty DD, et al. Pharmacotherapy relapse prevention in body dysmorphic disorder: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Psychiatry. 2016 Sep 1;173(9):887-95.Full text  Abstract

92. Harrison A, Fernández de la Cruz L, Enander J, Radua J, Mataix-Cols D. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Clin Psychol Rev. 2016 Aug;48:43-51. Abstract

93. Krebs G, Fernández de la Cruz L, Monzani B, et al. Long-term outcomes of cognitive-behavioral therapy for adolescent body dysmorphic disorder. Behav Ther. 2017 Jul;48(4):462-73.Full text  Abstract

94. Veale D, Miles S, Anson M. Long-term outcome of cognitive behavior therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: a naturalistic case series of 1 to 4 years after a controlled trial. Behav Ther. 2015 Nov;46(6):775-85​. Abstract

95. ​Phillips KA, Coles ME, Menard W, et al. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in body dysmorphic disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;66(6):717-25. Abstract

96. Dyl J, Kittler J, Phillips KA, Hunt JI. Body dysmorphic disorder and other clinically significant body image concerns in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: prevalence and clinical characteristics. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2006;36(4):369-82.Full text  Abstract

97. Krebs G, Fernández de la Cruz L, Rijsdijk FV, et al. The association between body dysmorphic symptoms and suicidality among adolescents and young adults: a genetically informative study. Psychol Med. 2022 May;52(7):1268-76.Full text  Abstract

98. ​Wenzel A, Brown GK, Beck AT. Cognitive therapy for suicidal patients: scientific and clinical applications. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association; 2008.

99. Crerand CE, Phillips KA, Menard W, et al. Nonpsychiatric medical treatment of body dysmorphic disorder. Psychosomatics. 2005 Nov-Dec;46(6):549-55.Full text  Abstract

100. Veale D, Boocock A, Gournay K, et al. Body dysmorphic disorder: a survey of fifty cases. Br J Psychiatry. 1996 Aug;169(2):196-201. Abstract

101. Gunstad J, Phillips KA. Axis I comorbidity in body dysmorphic disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2003 Jul-Aug;44(4):270-6.Full text  Abstract

102. Phillips KA, Stout RL. Associations in the longitudinal course of body dysmorphic disorder with major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and social phobia. J Psychiatr Res. 2006 Jun;40(4):360-9.Full text  Abstract

103. Grant JE, Menard W, Pagano ME, et al. Substance use disorders in individuals with body dysmorphic disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Mar;66(3):309-16​.Full text  Abstract

104. ​Houchins JR, Kelly MM, Phillips KA. Motives for illicit drug use among individuals with body dysmorphic disorder. J Psychiatr Pract. 2019 Nov;25(6):427-36. Abstract

105. ​Greenberg JL, Jacobson NC, Hoeppner SS, et al. Early response to cognitive behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder as a predictor of outcomes. J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Aug;152:7-13. Abstract

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