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CBT Bests Anxiety Management for Body Dysmorphic DisorderCBT Bests Anxiety Management for Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is more effective than anxiety management for treating patients with body dysmorphic disorder, including those with comorbid depression and delusional beliefs. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 27, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news

Hoarding: Is it OCD?
Hoarding was previously considered a type of OCD; it is listed among others as an OCD Spectrum Disorder. The DMS-V now lists Hoarding Disorder as a separate disorder, classified as Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders along with OCD, OCPD, Trichotillomania, Excoriation and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. While OCD and Hoarding Disorder share some similarities, there are differences in the causes according to brain scans, and the type of treatment. Traditional ERP therapy that works so well for OCD is not usually effective for hoarding behavior. The medications that generally work for OCD often do not work for hoarding beha...
Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - April 30, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news

Snot my fault
Nose-picking is probably one of the most under-researched activities given the fact that it is an every day activity for many people. It is believed that across many cultures, nose-picking belongs to a set of behaviours considered a private act (such as burping, farting, urinating and defecating). Bur can nose picking be an obsessive-compulsive disorder?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 14, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Dr. Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction body dysmorphic disorder Nose picking; Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ocd Rhinotillexomania. Source Type: news

Hearing Loss
'Van Gogh Syndrome' which has now become a catch-all term for self-mutilation, particularly in relation to amputation of a bodily extremity (such as the cutting off of one’s own penis, or the removal of one’s own eye). This blog examines of the psychology of self-mutilation with a particular focus on the ear.read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - January 3, 2014 Category: Addiction Authors: Dr. Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction body dysmorphic disorder Ear mutilation Lesch-Nyhan syndrome psychoses Psychotic self-harm self-mutilation van gogh Van Gogh Syndome Source Type: news

Body Checking
A definition of body checking, a symptom seen in eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - December 7, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news

Goodness of Fit?
From a body image perspective, researchers have suggested that males in western society have developed significant body concerns that cause them to generate a ‘drive for muscularity’ to meet a perceived high societal standard for a muscular physique. Is this one of the reasons for why some people appear to develop a bodybuilding dependence?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - November 4, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dr. Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Body building dependence body dysmorphic disorder Exercise addiction Exercise Dependence Source Type: news

Six Signs You're Overexercising
Although many people want (and may need) to exercise more, some people suffer from compulsive exercising - which can be a symptom of eating disorders and/or body dysmorphic disorder. See if you're overdoing it. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - September 28, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news

Cosmetic products
We can all think of celebrities that are known to have repeatedly gone under the surgeon’s knife (Michael Jackson, Cher, David Gest, Micky Rourke). There are understandable reasons as to why celebrities are a higher risk group for seeking out cosmetic surgery. But can plastic surgery be addictive?read more (Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center)
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - September 2, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Dr. Mark D. Griffiths, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Psychiatry behavioral addiction beneficial treatment body dysmorphic disorder body dysmorphic disorder bdd celebrity culture cosmetic surgery Cosmetic surgery addiction david gest drug addictions empirical research high p Source Type: news

Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Eating Disorders
Although people with body dysmorphic disorder and those with eating disorders both suffer from concerns about outward appearance, these two issues are distinctly different. Learn more about body dysmorphic disorder and how it can be related to anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - August 26, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Tags: health Source Type: news

Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body...
Review of Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder by Brian Cuban, one of the few recovery memoirs written by a male. (Source: About.com Eating Disorders)
Source: About.com Eating Disorders - August 17, 2013 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Authors: eatingdisorders.guide at about.com Tags: health Source Type: news

Losing Perspective, Magazines and TV in NYC
Living and working as an eating disorder specialist in NYC offers many rewards and reflections on culture in the development of eating disorders. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is unique in that the diagnosis is heavily influenced by cultural expectations regarding body size and shape. Media controls culture. Thoughts on changing attitudes without appealing to the media.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - July 26, 2013 Category: Nutrition Authors: Judy Scheel, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders accomplishment bakery body dysmorphic disorder body image distortion chipmunk chipmunk cheeks competent professionals emaciation giveaways manhattan life mecca Media & Culture native new yorker negat Source Type: news

15 Small Steps You Can Take Today to Improve Anxiety Symptoms
“Anxiety is a normal, predictable part of life,” said Tom Corboy, MFT, the founder and executive director of the OCD Center of Los Angeles, and co-author of the upcoming book The Mindfulness Workbook for OCD. However, “people with an anxiety disorder are essentially phobic about the feeling state of anxiety.” And they’ll go to great lengths to avoid it. Some people experience generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), excessive anxiety about real-life concerns, such as money, relationships, health and academics, he said. Others struggle with society anxiety, and worry about being evaluated or embarrassing themselves, h...
Source: Psych Central - June 12, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety Disorders Healthy Living Motivation and Inspiration Self-Help Stress Anxiety Disorders Anxiety Symptoms Balanced Response Clinical Psychologist Corboy Diaphragmatic Breathing Excessive Anxiety Flight Response Fulfilling Source Type: news

Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a form of mental illness in which the person is obsessed and/or preoccupied with an imagined defect or only slight anomaly in their appearance. Learn more about BDD (Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - June 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news

OCD and Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body dysmorphic disorder is a form of mental illness in which the person is obsessed and/or preoccupied with an imagined defect or only slight anomaly or in their appearance. Learn more about the symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder. (Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
Source: About.com Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - June 5, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news