Body dysmorphic disorder in patients with acne: treatment challenges

Kobusiewicz, A. ; Tomás-Aragonés, L. ; Marrón, S. E. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Zalewska-Janowska, A.

Resumen: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is defined as a constant preoccupation with one or more non-existent or slight defects or flaws in the physical appearance, often resulting in repetitive behaviours like mirror checking and camouflaging. The prevalence is around 2% in the general population with up to 10% in dermatology patients. The prevalence of BDD in patients with acne ranges between 9% and 15%. BDD is associated with considerable psychosocial deterioration, poor quality of life, and development of comorbid mental health disorders, including obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, social anxiety and alcohol or illicit drug use. Such patients suffer tremendously and are at high risk of suicide. The rate of suicidal ideation reaches 79.5%. Of this number, nearly 27.6% make failed suicidal attempts each year and 0.3% of these attempts are successful...

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.5114/ADA.2022.113616

Año: 2022

Publicado en: Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii 39, 1 (2022), 221-222
ISSN: 1642-395X

Factor impacto JCR: 1.4 (2022)

Categ. JCR: DERMATOLOGY rank: 59 / 70 = 0.843 (2022) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: ALLERGY rank: 25 / 28 = 0.893 (2022) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 2.3 - Medicine (Q3)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.384 - Immunology and Allergy (Q3) - Dermatology (Q3)

Tipo y forma: (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Dermatología (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)