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

Journal: Journal of affective disorders
PMID: 31733461

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).

Authors

  • Berta J Summers
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States. Electronic address: bsummers@mgh.harvard.edu.
  • George Aalbers
    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Payton J Jones
    Harvard University, United States.
  • Richard J McNally
    Harvard University, United States.
  • Katharine A Phillips
    New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical College, United States.
  • Sabine Wilhelm
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States.

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