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To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and rate of clinical underdiagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder among adolescent and adult psychiatric inpatients.

July 15, 2001The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Prevalence and Clinical Features of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Adolescent and Adult Psychiatric Inpatients

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JGJon E. GrantDalhousie University SKSuck Won KimChonnam National University Hospital SCScott J. CrowUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Cross-sectional study finds high rates of underdiagnosed body dysmorphic disorder in psychiatric inpatients, indicating the need for routine admission screening.

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To determine the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and rate of clinical underdiagnosis of body dysmorphic disorder among adolescent and adult psychiatric inpatients.
Enrolled 122 consecutive psychiatric inpatients (101 adults and 21 adolescents) admitted to a university teaching hospital.
Screened participants using the self-report Body Dysmorphic Disorder Questionnaire, followed by a clinician-administered semistructured diagnostic interview based on DSM-IV criteria.
Assessed clinical variables including current psychiatric diagnoses, previous hospitalizations, suicide attempts, and level of functioning.
Diagnosed body dysmorphic disorder in 16 of 122 patients (13.1%).
Identified that 0 of the 16 patients with body dysmorphic disorder had received the diagnosis from their treating hospital physician.
Found that 100% of diagnosed patients (16/16) reported they would not initiate discussions about their appearance concerns with clinicians due to shame.

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Grant et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83eef414f94baa955be562 https://doi.org/10.4088/jcp.v62n07a03

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Cross-sectional study finds high rates of underdiagnosed body dysmorphic disorder in psychiatric inpatients, indicating the need for routine admission screening.

Prevalence and Clinical Features of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Adolescent and Adult Psychiatric Inpatients

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Prevalence and Clinical Features of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Adolescent and Adult Psychiatric Inpatients

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