MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bdd'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:48:36 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5077770&cid=t_103802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F28%2Fcbs-news-others-get-nose-job-story-wrong%2F In one of the worst examples of health reporting I’ve seen today, a bunch of news outlets have equated “symptoms of a disorder” with having the disorder itself. It may seem like a subtle difference, but in the world of mental health diagnosis, having a symptom of a disorder is not the same as having the disorder itself. The study in question was conducted on people seeking treatment for a nose job. To assess patients’ psychopathology, the researchers administered a bunch of psychological tests to the patients before their rhinoplasty. One of those tests was the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale modified for body dysmorphic disorder. Now, the researchers only found a 2 percent rate of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) among the 226 patients they tested. That rate is... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5077770 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:58:34 +0100 5077770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4405779&cid=t_103802_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhope-for-those-with-body-dysmorphic-disorder%2F2011.01.26 The Science Daily article entitled Body dysmorphic disorder patients who loathe appearance often get better, but it could take years discusses the disorder as highlighted in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (JNMD).   The JNMD article reports the results of the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). The study was conducted by researchers at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. The good news? The researchers “found high rates of recovery, although recovery can take more than five years.” This is a small study with only 15 BDD patients who were followed over an eight-year span. An excerpt: After statistical adjustments, the recovery rate for sufferers in the study over eight years was 76 percent and the recurrence rate was 14 p... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4405779 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:00:00 +0100 4405779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2121630&cid=t_103802_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F01%2F21%2Ftreatment-for-body-dysmorphic-disorder%2F We recently published an interesting overview of body dysmorphic disorder, an often misunderstood disorder where the primary symptom is an obsession with an imagined or minor defect of one’s body (for instance, spending virtually every waking moment obsessing over one’s skin, hair, or other parts of one’s body). Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) affects as many as one in 20 people, but its true prevalence is not known. Patients suffering from BDD worry obsessively about their physical appearance, with concerns frequently but not exclusively focused on the skin, hair and nose. People with BDD often have very low levels of self-esteem. Many people with body dysmorphic disorder are also diagnosed with depression. The Cochrane Library recently took a look at what are considere... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121630 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:06:46 +0100 2121630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1070358&cid=t_103802_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F195262671%2Fdistorted_self_image_from_a_br.html If you’ve ever worked with people who obsess over personal flaws … you may be looking at victims whose brain misfire.People who insist they’re ugly may have a brain glitch when processing visual details, according to Dr. Jamie Feusner. Check out the journal Archives of General Psychiatry …  to see details of  body dysmorphic disorder … which shows distorted self-images that create obsessive concerns about imagined flaws in appearance. It’s estimated that 1 to 2 percent of people suffer from this disorder … also known as BDD. Can you see  repeated cosmetic surgery … and the self-loathing that result?Scientists suggest that causes likely come in people’s gene pool … or they can result from upbringing or social p... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1070358 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:06:07 +0100 1070358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=482079&cid=t_103802_87_f&fid=34969&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FUnboundedMedicine%2F%7E3%2F102110589%2F Lets think about this disorders. ABKontaktTheMirrorUploaded by baronrojo anorexia, BDD, bulimia (Source: Unbounded Medicine) Unbounded Medicine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=482079 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:58:12 +0100 482079