Investigating the Multidimensional Comorbidity of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorders, and EatingDisorders: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Treatment

Authors

  • Eda Gorbis The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA Author
  • Alexander Gorbis The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA Author
  • Rebecca Braverman The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA Author
  • Joseph O’Neill Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, CA Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47363/JMHC/2022(4)200

Keywords:

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, ExRP, ognitive Behavioral Therapy

Abstract

Research on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and eating disorders (EDs), including anorexia and bulimia, has shown appreciable two-way comorbidity between these conditions, especially OCD and BDD. There are few, if any, however, assessments of the multidimensional comorbidity of OCD, BDD, and EDs. Here, we review the literature on prevalence and comorbidity of these disorders and estimate their three-way comorbidity. We calculate that multidimensional comorbidity of OCD, BDD, and EDs is present in about 1.5% of cases of primary OCD, 3.7% of cases of primary BDD and 9.8% of cases of primary EDs. We further provide recommendations for treatment of cases in which all three disorders appear together, beginning with the advice to treat that disorder first which poses the highest danger to the patient upon check in. for LVM.

Author Biographies

  • Eda Gorbis, The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

    The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

  • Alexander Gorbis, The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

    The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

  • Rebecca Braverman, The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

    The Westwood Institute for Anxiety Disorders, Los Angeles, CA

  • Joseph O’Neill, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, CA

    Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, CA

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Published

2022-06-14

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 3 (2022): Volume 4 Issue 3

Section

Articles