ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2013
Cognitive-behavioral therapy for body dysmorphic disorder: a review of its efficacy.
Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Pooled it
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- Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 21st Century Challenges.International journal of dermatology · 2025Review
- The mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between childhood trauma and the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy on quality of trauma-related memory, dissociative experiences, and body image dissatisfaction in adolescents with complex post-traumatic stress disorder: A randomized controlled clinical trial.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
- Exploring the Intersection of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) and Dermatological Conditions: A Narrative Review.Dermatology and therapy · 2024Review
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder Insights in an Inpatient Psychiatric Setting.Case reports in psychiatry · 2021Article
- A Review of Psychosocial Factors of Marfan Syndrome: Adolescents, Adults, Families, and Providers.Journal of pediatric genetics · 2019Review
- Sniffing out olfactory reference syndrome.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2017Article
- Cosmetic Presentations and Challenges of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Its Collaborative Management.Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgeryReview
- Recognizing Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Dysmorphophobia).Journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgeryArticle
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to review the efficacy of different methods of cognitive and/or behavioral therapies used to treat body dysmorphic disorder. We evaluated all case series, open studies, controlled trials, and meta-analyses of cognitive and/or behavioral treatment approaches to body dysmorphic disorder published up to July 2012, identified through a search in the PubMed/Medline, PsycINFO, ISI Web of Knowledge, and Scopus databases. Our findings indicate that individual and group cognitive behavioral therapies are superior to waiting list for the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder. While the efficacy of cognitive therapy is supported by one controlled trial, utility of behavioral therapy is suggested by one open study and one controlled relapse prevention follow-up study. There is a pressing need to conduct head-to-head studies, with appropriate, active, control treatment groups, in order to examine further the efficacy of cognitive and/or behavioral therapies for body dysmorphic disorder.
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