Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of metacognitive therapy (MCT) on symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and on symptoms of thought-fusion, by means of a wait-list controlled clinical trial. Participants were referred from dermatology and cosmetic surgery clinics in the city of Isfahan, Iran, and 20 patients were selected on the basis of DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria for BOO. They were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the wait-list control group. The Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Modified for Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD-YBOCS) and the Thought-Fusion Inventory (TFI) were used as the outcome measures. The experimental group received 8 weekly metacognitive intervention sessions. The control group was in the waiting-list until the end of the follow-up. Measures were taken at pre-test, post-test (after 2 months) and follow-up (after 6-months), The results of analysis of variance showed that MCT significantly reduced the symptoms of BDD and of thought-fusion, compared to the wait-list. Effects on both outcome measures were maintained at 6-months follow-up.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 724-729 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2012 |
Keywords
- Body dysmorphic disorder
- Metacognitive therapy
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Thought-fusion
- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER
- CONTROLLED-TRIAL
- PREVALENCE
- MODEL
- RESPONSIBILITY
- SYMPTOMS