The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder and its clinical correlates in a VA primary care behavioral health clinic. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We examined the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) in a Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care behavioral health clinic. Of 100 Veterans, 11% (95% CI = 6.3-18.6%) had current BDD and 12% (95% CI = 7.0-19.8%) had lifetime BDD. However, only 8.3% of these Veterans had been diagnosed with BDD. BDD was significantly associated with a substantially elevated rate of suicide attempts, major depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. This severe disorder appears to be underdiagnosed in VA settings.

publication date

  • April 14, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Body Dysmorphic Disorders
  • Depressive Disorder, Major
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Suicide, Attempted

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84930046733

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.007

PubMed ID

  • 25935375

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 228

issue

  • 1