Treatment Study Investigating New Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Treatment Manual for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Somatoform Disorders

In brief

In an earlier phase of this study, a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manual to treat body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) symptoms was developed. We are currently implementing this manual-based treatment to validate its effectiveness in patients with BDD.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00106223

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

36

Starts

2004-04-01

Expected to finish

2008-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• DSM-IV diagnosis of BDD for at least 6 months prior to study entry
• Score higher than 23 on BDD Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale
• Live within driving distance of Boston, MA or Providence, RI

You may not qualify if…

• Any psychiatric diagnoses other than BDD
• Alcohol abuse or dependence within 3 months prior to study entry
• Suicidal or homicidal
• Psychotropic medication within 2 months prior to study entry

Where it is running

• BDD Clinic, Massachusetts General Hospital — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States
• Body Image Program, Butler Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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