title: Social learning theory and cognitive behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder.
abstract: Contemporary cognitive behavioral models of body dysmorphic disorder are reviewed, whereby the first by Neziroglu and colleagues emphasizes conditioning processes and relational frame theory and the latter by Veale emphasizes information processing. A brief review of the existing cognitive behavioral therapy research follows the presentation of the models. The majority of publications on BDD continue to deal with phenomenology and epidemiology, and much more research on cognitive behavioral treatment is needed. Treatment research should be geared towards testing elements of the models explicated in this article, and randomized controlled trials are greatly needed.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Behavioral Institute, Great Neck, NY, USA. Neziroglu@aol.com
authors.forename: Fugen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Neziroglu
authors.forename: Sony
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khemlani-Patel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Veale
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D003071:Cognition; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D007858:Learning; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012938:Social Perception; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*