The prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder and its clinical correlates in a VA primary care behavioral health clinic

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 228, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 162-165

  Kelly, Megan M ^a,b,c   Zhang, Jinxin ^a,d   Phillips, Katharine A ^b,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Obsessive compulsive and related disorders; Phenomenology; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY BUILD; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE; FEMALE; FINGER; GENITAL SYSTEM; HAIR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NOSE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PERSONAL APPEARANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; STOMACH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TOOTH; VETERANS HEALTH; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GOVERNMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84930046733     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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