OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO BDD TREATMENT: DIAGNOSING BDD Accurately diagnosing BDD is a necessary step toward effective treatment. If BDD isn’t diagnosed, it probably won’t be successfully treated. Unfortunately, BDD is still unfamiliar to some mental health professionals, and many people with BDD seek nonpsychiatric treatment, such as surgery, which doesn’t seem to work. Perhaps most important, secrecy about BDD prevents the diagnosis from being made. In fact, studies have shown that although BDD is relatively common, it nearly always goes unrecognized and undiagnosed in clinical settings.What To Do: Fill out the BDDQ to see whether you may have BDD. The information in special books and articles should also help you figure out whether the diagnosis applies to you. Then I’d suggest following the advice above—getting an evaluation from a mental health professional familiar with BDD and telling them you think you have this disorder and want treatment for it.*233\204\8*
OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO BDD TREATMENT: DIAGNOSING BDD
Accurately diagnosing BDD is a necessary step toward effective treatment. If BDD isn’t diagnosed, it probably won’t be successfully treated. Unfortunately, BDD is still unfamiliar to some mental health professionals, and many people with BDD seek nonpsychiatric treatment, such as surgery, which doesn’t seem to work. Perhaps most important, secrecy about BDD prevents the diagnosis from being made. In fact, studies have shown that although BDD is relatively common, it nearly always goes unrecognized and undiagnosed in clinical settings.
What To Do: Fill out the BDDQ to see whether you may have BDD. The information in special books and articles should also help you figure out whether the diagnosis applies to you. Then I’d suggest following the advice above—getting an evaluation from a mental health professional familiar with BDD and telling them you think you have this disorder and want treatment for it.
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