The relationship of body dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders to obsessive-compulsive disorder. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and eating disorders are body image disorders that have long been hypothesized to be related to obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Available data suggest that BDD and eating disorders are often comorbid with OCD. Data from a variety of domains suggest that both BDD and eating disorders have many similarities with OCD and seem related to OCD. However, these disorders also differ from OCD in some ways. Additional research is needed on the relationship of BDD and eating disorders to OCD, including studies that directly compare them to OCD in a variety of domains, including phenomenology, family history, neurobiology, and etiology.

publication date

  • May 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Feeding and Eating Disorders
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
  • Somatoform Disorders

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 34249885361

PubMed ID

  • 17514080

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 12

issue

  • 5