Emotion recognition in body dysmorphic disorder: Application of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task

Buhlmann, Ulrike; Winter, Agnes; Kathmann, Norbert

doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2012.12.001

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“…This evidence, together with the strong beliefs about physical appearance, suggests that perceptual and/or social processing abnormalities may be the key cognitive deficits of BDD. Interestingly, a more recent study showed that BDD patients were able to recognise emotions when presented with only the eye region of faces (Buhlmann et al, 2013). Together, we proposed that, based on the previous evidence, BDD may also be associated with perceptual integration abnormalities.…”

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Using theories of delusion formation to explain abnormal beliefs in Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Rossell

Labuschagne

Dunai

et al. 2014

Psychiatry Research

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is characterised by overvalued or delusional beliefs of 'imagined ugliness'. Delusional beliefs have been explained by a number of cognitive theories, including faulty perceptions, biases in attention, and corruption of semantic memory. Atypical aesthetics may also influence beliefs in BDD. In fourteen BDD patients, compared to controls (n=14), we examined these theories of beliefs in a cognitive test battery consisting of perceptual organisation and visual affect perception tasks, a Stroop task using body words, a sentence verification task, a fluency task, and an attractiveness task. BDD patients performed similar to controls on tasks measuring information (bias) processing and aesthetics. However, BDD showed abnormal abilities on semantic processing involving sentence verification and category fluency. There was only a trend finding of impaired performance on perceptual processing tasks in BDD. The findings suggest that the delusional beliefs in BDD may be explained by impaired semantic processing.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

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Using theories of delusion formation to explain abnormal beliefs in Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Rossell

Labuschagne

Dunai

et al. 2014

Psychiatry Research

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“…This "defect" is always focused in a given area of the body, such as, nose, hair, freckles, or breasts. Any part of the body can be "chosen"; it can include the presence of unwanted body hair or the body weight or the body shape [4][5][6].…”

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“…Women were also more predisposed to behave repetitively (compulsion), using resources like camouflage of the presumed defects and constant image check; they tend more to the neurotic excoriation and to eating disorder, as well [62]. BDD individuals usually have lower scores of self-evaluation regarding appearance and high levels of dissatisfaction to their own body compared with normal population, in both genders [4,63]. It means that the disorder directly affects the self-body image of the patients and it is frequently associated with other disorder in which the individuals refer the fear of being negatively evaluated by other people, which is the same as what occur in the social phobia disorder (SAD).…”

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Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Characteristics, Psychopathology, Clinical Associations, and Influencing Factors

Soler¹,

Ferreira²,

Novaes³

et al. 2018

Pathophysiology - Altered Physiological States

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Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is defined by a recurring and persistent concern characterized by psychic suffering caused by a possible physical imperfection in appearance. It is a severe psychiatric condition, duly confirmed by neuroanatomical findings, very peculiar repetitive behaviors, and specific personalities. The prevalence of BDD is increasing around the world and differs between countries, because of cultural differences and different health-care systems. This increase is worrying because BDD is a pathology that presents comorbidity like severe depression, suicidal ideation, and functional and social impairment. However, BDD is an unrecognized and often not diagnosed in our society. Many patients are ashamed of their complaints and do not usually seek psychiatric help with ease, and unfortunately, they seek help in cosmetic and surgical treatments to improve their appearance, and these professionals are not yet prepared to assist in the diagnosis of this disorder. Therefore, this chapter presents not only the psychopathology of BDD but also its associations with other pathologies and their main factors of influence. Finally, we present a clinical experience with a detailed description of a clinical case. The aim is to contribute to the diagnosis and treatment of this pathology and also to future research that may benefit society and these patients.

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“…However, BDD is also associated with intact abilities, such as decoding complex mental states of others from the eye region based on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task (Buhlmann, Winter, & Kathmann, 2013). Social cognitive biases in BDD represent an important maintaining factor and treatment target in cognitive behavioral models (Fang & Wilhelm, 2015).…”

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Intranasal oxytocin modulates higher order social cognition in body dysmorphic disorder

2019

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Background: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric disorder with specific impairments in social cognition related to excessive concerns about one's appearance. Individuals with BDD have difficulty identifying emotional expressions and attribute internal factors for others' emotional expressions in self-referent (but not other-referent) scenarios. Given the role of oxytocin in regulating social approach behavior and social salience, we hypothesized that oxytocin would improve biases in emotion recognition, attributions, and threat interpretations in individuals with BDD, compared to healthy controls (HCs). This is the first study to examine the effects of oxytocin in people with BDD.Methods: Eighteen participants with BDD and 16 HCs received a single dose of 24 international units of intranasal oxytocin (Syntocinon R ) or matching placebo in a randomized, placebocontrolled, within-subject crossover design. Participants completed the Emotion Recognition Task and Interpretation Questionnaire 45 min after administration. Results:Oxytocin, relative to placebo, did not improve emotion recognition accuracy in either selfreferent or other-referent contexts for individuals with BDD. However, oxytocin led to greater internal attributions in other-referent contexts for those with BDD compared to HCs. Rather than reducing self-blame, oxytocin led to other-directed blame. Oxytocin did not impact threat interpretations in BDD. Conclusions:Oxytocin may only impact specific aspects of higher order social cognition in BDD and may have unwanted effects on emotion attributions. Our results caution its clinical use in BDD. K E Y W O R D Sbody dysmorphic disorder, emotion recognition, other, oxytocin, self, social cognition

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Emotion recognition in body dysmorphic disorder: Application of the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task

Cited by 20 publications

References 12 publications

Using theories of delusion formation to explain abnormal beliefs in Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Using theories of delusion formation to explain abnormal beliefs in Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Characteristics, Psychopathology, Clinical Associations, and Influencing Factors

Intranasal oxytocin modulates higher order social cognition in body dysmorphic disorder

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