Body dysmorphic disorder in patients with anxiety disorders and major depression: a comorbidity study. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: The authors evaluated the frequency of body dysmorphic disorder in patients with a primary diagnosis of anxiety disorders and major depression. METHOD: Patients with social phobia (N = 54), obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 53), generalized anxiety disorder (N = 32), panic disorder (N = 47), and major depression (N = 42) and normal comparison subjects (N = 33) were studied. RESULTS: Body dysmorphic disorder was most common in patients with social phobia (11%) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (8%); it was less prevalent among patients with panic disorder (2%), generalized anxiety disorder (0%), and major depression (0%) and among normal subjects (0%). CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that body dysmorphic disorder may share etiologic elements with social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

publication date

  • November 1, 1995

Research

keywords

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depressive Disorder
  • Somatoform Disorders

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0028853531

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1176/ajp.152.11.1665

PubMed ID

  • 7485632

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 152

issue

  • 11