A5009774412- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
University of Münster
2016-2025
Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Psychology
2024
University of Padua
2021
Massachusetts General Hospital
2000-2017
Harvard University
2000-2017
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2009-2015
Brown University
2011
Veterans Health Administration
2007
Philipps University of Marburg
2001-2002
Triemli Hospital
1995
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a highly distressing and impairing characterized by preoccupation with imagined or slight physical defects in appearance. Well designed studies on its prevalence base rates for diagnostic criteria are rare. Therefore this study aimed to reveal of BDD the general population examine clinical features associated BDD.Of 4152 selected participants 2552, aged 14-99 years, participated German nationwide survey. Participants were carefully ensure that sample was...
Objective: This study examined whether d -cycloserine, a partial agonist at the N -methyl- -aspartate (NMDA) glutamatergic receptor, enhances efficacy of behavior therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Method: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial investigating -cycloserine versus placebo augmentation was conducted in 23 OCD patients. Patients first underwent diagnostic interview and pretreatment evaluation, followed by psychoeducational/treatment planning session....
Body image disturbance is associated with several mental disorders. Previous research on body has focused mostly women, largely neglecting in men. Moreover, only a small number of studies have conducted gender comparisons over the lifespan and included participants aged 50 years older. With regard to measurement, often been assessed terms dissatisfaction, disregarding further aspects such as appreciation or importance appearance. The aim this cross-sectional study was explore different...
Although body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is receiving increasing empirical attention, very little known about neuropsychological deficits in this disorder. The current study investigated the nature of memory dysfunction BDD, including relationship between encoding strategies and verbal nonverbal performance. We evaluated 17 patients with BDD healthy controls using Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) California Verbal Learning (CVLT). differed significantly from on learning indices....
Overactive performance monitoring, indexed by greater error-related brain activity, has been frequently observed in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Similar alterations have found major depressive and generalized anxiety disorders. The main objective was to extend these findings investigating monitoring social (SAD) evaluate the specificity of performance-monitoring changes OCD. Event-related potentials were used examine activity during a flanker task 24 OCD, SAD,...
The recent outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has plunged countries across world into crisis. Both in general population and specific subgroups such as infected people or health care workers, studies have reported increased symptoms anxiety, depression stress. However, reactions individuals with mental disorders to Covid-19 largely been neglected. present study therefore aimed investigate perceived impact its psychological consequences on disorders. In this online survey,...
Although effective treatments are available, most individuals with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) do not receive an appropriate diagnosis or treatment. We aimed to examine treatment utilization and barriers treatment, identify associated socio-demographic clinical characteristics.German completed online self-report survey of appearance concerns. A sample N = 429 met criteria for BDD. examined the frequency barriers, analyzed comparisons between treated untreated assessed relationships...
Anxiety-disordered patients and individuals with high trait anxiety tend to interpret ambiguous information as threatening. The purpose of this study was investigate whether interpretive biases would also occur in body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), which is characterized by a preoccupation imagined defects one's appearance. We tested BDD participants, compared obsessive-compulsive participants healthy controls, choose threatening interpretations for body-related, social, general scenarios. As...