Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Follow-up

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Follow-up

Further Outpatient Care

Patients have best results when treated by a consistent medical and mental health team.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy may be beneficial in situations during which patients develop a structured and predictable strategy in order to identify cognitive errors and maladaptive thinking.
When cognitive-behavioral therapy is efficacious, patients learn to alter cognitive distortions and are able to maintain and generalize more adaptive thought patterns in daily life.

Inpatient & Outpatient Medications

Patients may benefit most from a combination of SSRIs in conjunction with therapy sessions. Maximum benefit of SSRI medication may take several months.

Complications

Practitioners must be made aware that patients with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) are at a higher risk for suicide.

Prognosis

BDD is a chronic disease, and the goal of therapy is to keep symptoms controlled.

Miscellaneous

Medicolegal Pitfalls

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is sometimes overlooked as a diagnosis because many patients are reticent about discussing their symptoms. Failure to make this diagnosis can be dangerous because these patients are at increased risk for suicide.
Patients with BDD are also at risk for repeated cosmetic surgery to correct their perceived, but nonexistent, problem.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Follow-upOriginally from: http://www.nursinglink.monster.com/news/articles/15232-body-dysmorphic-disorder-follow-up

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