A network perspective on body dysmorphic disorder and major depressive disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a highly debilitating mental disorder associated with notable psychosocial impairment and high rates of suicidality. This study investigated BDD from a network perspective, which conceptualizes mental disorders as systems of symptoms that cause and exacerbate one another (e.g., preoccupation with perceived appearance defect triggering compulsive checking in the mirror).

Methods

In a sample of BDD patients (N = 148), we used cross-sectional network models to explore the network structure of 1) BDD symptoms and 2) BDD symptoms and major depressive disorder (MDD) symptoms, and tested which symptoms were most central (i.e., most strongly associated to other symptoms).

Results

Interference in functioning due to appearance-relate

SUBMITTER: Summers BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924632 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature