title: Diagnosis and treatment of body dysmorphic disorder in adolescents.
abstract: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an underrecognized and underdiagnosed problem that is relatively common among adolescents. Although the onset of the disorder occurs in adolescence, BDD research in child and adolescent psychiatry is relatively limited. Body dysmorphic disorder has a high rate of co-morbidity with depression and suicide, which indicates important implications for prompt diagnosis and treatment in adolescents with BDD. Effective treatment options include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and pharmacotherapy with serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs). This paper provides a brief overview of BDD in adolescents, presents and evaluates the most recent literature on approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and highlights some of the characteristics that distinguish BDD from other disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, social phobia, depression, and eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Box 1230, New York, NY 10029, USA. salliejo.hadley@mssm.edu
authors.forename: Sallie Jo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Greenberg
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hollander
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*