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6/14/13<br />

WHAT DOESN’T APPEAR<br />

TO WORK<br />

WHAT DOESN’T APPEAR<br />

TO WORK CONT.<br />

Anti-psychotics when used without an SRI<br />

Tricyclic antidepressants (except Anafranil)<br />

ECT (can be effective for depression<br />

component)<br />

Neurosurgery (limited case examples; results<br />

mixed)<br />

*Source: Phillips, The Broken Mirror, Revised Edition, 2005<br />

Plastic surgery <strong>and</strong> dermatologic treatments<br />

Most likely outcome is either no or limited<br />

relief, or another body part becoming focus<br />

of concern<br />

Psychodynamic psychotherapy (or does it)<br />

Everyone with BDD has a story<br />

Diet, excessive exercise, natural remedies,<br />

hypnosis<br />

BDD AND COSMETIC TREATMENTS<br />

BDD AND COSMETIC TREATMENTS CONT.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Most commonly sought: rhinoplasties <strong>and</strong><br />

breast augmentation. Other procedures<br />

include microdermabrasions <strong>and</strong> collagen<br />

injections<br />

Two studies reported 71% to 76% of people<br />

with BDD sought cosmetic treatment <strong>and</strong><br />

64% to 66% received it*<br />

7.3% of people reported overall improvement<br />

with BDD** (lower percentage in another<br />

smaller study)<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Several incidents of patients threatening their<br />

doctors <strong>and</strong> at least 4 reported cases of surgeons<br />

murdered by a BDD patient*<br />

29% have threatened cosmetic surgeons with legal<br />

action**<br />

Self surgery/bodily harm, i.e., home dental work,<br />

picking off moles, damaging a part of the body to get<br />

surgery for it<br />

*Crer<strong>and</strong>, et al., Plast Reconstr Surg., 2008<br />

**Sarwer, Aesthet Surg J., 2002<br />

*Crer<strong>and</strong>, et al., Psychosomatics, 2005 <strong>and</strong> Phillips, et al., Psychosomatics, 2001<br />

**Phillips, et al., Psychsomatics, 2001<br />

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