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O Brawman-Mintzer1, R B Lydiard, K A Phillips
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425-0742, USA.
Objective:
The authors evaluated the frequency of body dysmorphic disorder in patients with a primary diagnosis of anxiety disorders and major depression.
Method:
Patients with social phobia (N = 54), obsessive-compulsive disorder (N = 53), generalized anxiety disorder (N = 32), panic disorder (N = 47), and major depression (N = 42) and normal comparison subjects (N = 33) were studied.
Results:
Body dysmorphic disorder was most common in patients with social phobia (11%) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (8%); it was less prevalent among patients with panic disorder (2%), generalized anxiety disorder (0%), and major depression (0%) and among normal subjects (0%).
Conclusions:
These findings suggest that body dysmorphic disorder may share etiologic elements with social phobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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