Cognitive-behaviour therapy for adolescents with body dysmorphic disorder

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Personality disorders
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Personality disorder, unspecified

Registration Number: ISRCTN67699666

Lead Sponsor: King's College London (UK)

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 12 to 18
2. DSM-IV diagnosis of BDD (they may have an additional diagnosis of Delusional Disorder when it refers to beliefs about being ugly or defective)
3. Score of 24 or higher on the 12-item BDDY-BOCS, indicating substantial symptom severity
4. Stable psychotropic medication for 12 weeks prior to randomisation (if relevant)
5. No plans to commence or increase the dose of psychotropic medication (if relevant)
6. Willingness to receive psychological treatment
7. Willingness to be randomised to a waitlist/psychoeducation control condition
8. Willingness/ability to travel to the clinic for CBT
9. Male and female participants
10. Aged between 12 - 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Current or past diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorder, current alcohol or substance dependence, severe disabling neurological disorder, global learning disability, pervasive developmental disorder, or an emerging borderline personality disorder that requires treatment in its own right
2. The patient has suicidal intent that requires hospitalisation
3. English too poor to engage in treatment; characteristics interfering with completion of treatment e.g. selective mutism, lack of motivation, unable to attend clinic.

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. The Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for BDD Adolescent Version (BDD-YBOCS-A) 2. Admin to all participants at pre, mid, and post-intervention and at 2, 6, and 12 months follow-up.

Secondary Outcome Measures