Attentional Bias in Body Dysmorphic Disorder

Completed

Conditions studied: Body Dysmorphic Disorders

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01398904

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

51

Starts

2011-03-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• 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
• Exclusion criteria for healthy controls:
• Any current Axis I psychiatric illness
• history of BDD

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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