Tag: Body Dysmorphic Disorder

The most recent publication from our lab features an empirical evaluation of the Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI) to determine treatment response after cognitive behaviour therapy for body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), as well as remission from BDD. The AAI is frequently used in clinical practice and is self-reported by patients, making it an easily available tool. The article was published last week in Behavior Therapy and is available for free.

In the article, we found that a ≥40% reduction on the AAI from pre-treatment to post-treatment was the best cut-off for treatment response, and that an AAI score of ≤13 was the best cut-off for full or partial remission from BDD. We conclude that the AAI can be a useful tool to complement clinician assessments in treatment evaluation.

Christopher LaLima, student at Hofstra in New York, who has worked in our pilot study of iCBT for OCD at Columbia University is now joining us here in Sweden for a year. He will work in our BDD project. Today was his first day at work and it started with some drama: he lost his passport on his way to work and our search and rescue efforts yielded nothing. But there is a happy ending: a very nice person replied to our SOS on Instagram and had heard that the passport had been found in the bus and now Chris has his passport back. Anyway, Chris you are very welcome in our group! (And hold on to you passport).