Attentional Bias in Body Dysmorphic Disorder

NCT ID: NCT01398904

Last Updated: 2014-12-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-03-31

Study Completion Date

2012-07-31

Brief Summary

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) participants will demonstrate greater attentional biases as compared to healthy control (HC) participants. Greater attention bias will be associated with greater distress. Greater attention bias will be associated with greater symptom severity.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Body Dysmorphic Disorders

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) Participants

Participants must be 18 years or older with a primary diagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a BDD Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (BDDY-BOCS) score of \>20, and a primary facial/head concern. Participants must have the ability to provide informed consent and understand study staff.

No interventions assigned to this group

Healthy Controls

Males and females 18 years of age or older with ability to provide informed consent and understand study staff.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* males and females 18 years of age or older
* sufficient fluency of English to understand study staff, procedures, and questionnaires
* ability to provide informed consent

Inclusion for BDD participants only;

* primary diagnosis of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 4th Edition (DSM-IV-TR) BDD
* BDD Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder score (Y-BOCS) of \> 20
* primary facial/head concern

Exclusion Criteria

* Major medical or neurological conditions
* schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, or any other current lifetime DSM-IV psychotic disorder that is not attributable to delusional BDD
* current suicidality
* current homicidality


* Any current Axis I psychiatric illness
* history of BDD
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sabine Wilhelm

Director, OCD & Related Disorders Program

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sabine Wilhelm, Ph. D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Jennifer Greenberg, Psy. D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Massachusetts General Hospital

Locations

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Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Deckersbach T, Savage CR, Phillips KA, Wilhelm S, Buhlmann U, Rauch SL, Baer L, Jenike MA. Characteristics of memory dysfunction in body dysmorphic disorder. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2000 Sep;6(6):673-81. doi: 10.1017/s1355617700666055.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11011514 (View on PubMed)

Phillips KA. Quality of life for patients with body dysmorphic disorder. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2000 Mar;188(3):170-5. doi: 10.1097/00005053-200003000-00007.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10749282 (View on PubMed)

Phillips KA, Coles ME, Menard W, Yen S, Fay C, Weisberg RB. Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in body dysmorphic disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005 Jun;66(6):717-25. doi: 10.4088/jcp.v66n0607.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15960564 (View on PubMed)

Phillips KA, Menard W, Fay C, Pagano ME. Psychosocial functioning and quality of life in body dysmorphic disorder. Compr Psychiatry. 2005 Jul-Aug;46(4):254-60. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.004.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16175755 (View on PubMed)

Savage CR, Baer L, Keuthen NJ, Brown HD, Rauch SL, Jenike MA. Organizational strategies mediate nonverbal memory impairment in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 1999 Apr 1;45(7):905-16. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3223(98)00278-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10202579 (View on PubMed)

Kelly MM, Walters C, Phillips KA. Social anxiety and its relationship to functional impairment in body dysmorphic disorder. Behav Ther. 2010 Jun;41(2):143-53. doi: 10.1016/j.beth.2009.01.005. Epub 2009 Oct 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20412881 (View on PubMed)

Maner JK, Holm-Denoma JM, Van Orden KA, Gailliot MT, Gordon KH, Joiner TE Jr. Evidence for attentional bias in women exhibiting bulimotypic symptoms. Int J Eat Disord. 2006 Jan;39(1):55-61. doi: 10.1002/eat.20222.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16231350 (View on PubMed)

Roefs A, Jansen A, Moresi S, Willems P, van Grootel S, van der Borgh A. Looking good. BMI, attractiveness bias and visual attention. Appetite. 2008 Nov;51(3):552-5. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.008. Epub 2008 Apr 15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18495295 (View on PubMed)

Carey P, Seedat S, Warwick J, van Heerden B, Stein DJ. SPECT imaging of body dysmorphic disorder. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2004 Summer;16(3):357-9. doi: 10.1176/jnp.16.3.357.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15377744 (View on PubMed)

Janelle CM, Hausenblas HA, Fallon EA, Gardner RE. A visual search examination of attentional biases among individuals with high and low drive for thinness. Eat Weight Disord. 2003 Jun;8(2):138-44. doi: 10.1007/BF03325003.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12880191 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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2010P002912

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id