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ArticleZeitschrift fur klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (Gottingen, Germany)2013

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Neurobiological Features and an Updated Model.

Wei Li, Donatello Arienzo, Jamie D Feusner

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Article in Zeitschrift fur klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie (Gottingen, Germany), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Body dysmorphic disorder: Diagnostic challenges and current management.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · 2026
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  5. Body Dysmorphic Disorder: 21st Century Challenges.International journal of dermatology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei LiNeuroscience Interdepartmental Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Donatello ArienzoDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jamie D FeusnerDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Common and Distinct Phenotypes of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Anorexia NervosaR01MH093535 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI FEUSNER, JAMIE · 2011 to 2015
$2.0M
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: clinical and neurobiological featuresK23MH079212 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI FEUSNER, JAMIE · 2007 to 2011
$752k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH079212NIMH NIH HHS L30 MH081669NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH093535
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) affects approximately 2% of the population and involves misperceived defects of appearance along with obsessive preoccupation and compulsive behaviors. There is evidence of neurobiological abnormalities associated with symptoms in BDD, although research to date is still limited. This review covers the latest neuropsychological, genetic, neurochemical, psychophysical, and neuroimaging studies and synthesizes these findings into an updated (yet still preliminary) neurobiological model of the pathophysiology of BDD. We propose a model in which visual perceptual abnormalities, along with frontostriatal and limbic system dysfunction, may combine to contribute to the symptoms of impaired insight and obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors expressed in BDD. Further research is necessary to gain a greater understanding of the etiological formation of BDD symptoms and their evolution over time.

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PMID25419211
PMCPMC4237698
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