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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Seven Cases Treated with Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Keith W. Brown ,
Therese McGoldrick  and
Robin Buchanan
Keith W. Brown
Affiliation:
Bellsdyke Hospital, Falkirk, Scotland
Therese McGoldrick
Affiliation:
Bellsdyke Hospital, Falkirk, Scotland
Robin Buchanan
Affiliation:
Bellsdyke Hospital, Falkirk, Scotland
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Abstract

Body dysmorphic disorder is an illness of generally chronic course which can lead to significant impairment of social functioning, unnecessary plastic surgery and even suicide. It is little understood and treatment regimens have been of uncertain efficacy. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a newly developed psychotherapeutic procedure used in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, grief reactions and generalized anxiety. In this paper we describe its use in seven consecutive cases of body dysmorphic disorder. Improvements were obtained in six of the seven patients, five of whom had a complete resolution of their symptoms.

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Brief Clinical Reports
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 203 - 207
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1997

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