We are developing and testing a new CBT intervention young people with BDD and their families.

If you are a young person (aged 12-18) with diagnosed BDD, of if you suspect you may have BDD, and would like treatment for it, please read on.

If your child/teenager has BDD or you suspect she or he may have BDD, and you would like treatment, please read on.

You (or your child, or if you are a parent) will be assessed by an experienced team at the OCD & Related Disorders Clinic at the Maudsley Hospital (London) and, if we feel that the trial is suitable for you, we will offer treatment and follow-up for one year.

If you are interested in participating, your GP or local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) can refer you for an initial assessment. Give them this flyer and the attached referral form or give them the contact details below.

For further information please contact Dr Jacinda Cadman or Benedetta Monzani

OCD Clinic for Young People, Michael Rutter Centre for Children, Maudsley Hospital, London SE5 8AZ

Email: Jacinda.Cadman@slam.nhs.uk / benedetta.monzani@kcl.ac.uk

Tel: 0203 228 5222 or 020 7848 0659.

Participation will take approximately 35 minutes and involves completing reasoning tasks and answering questions about the way you see yourself, your beliefs and your experience of obsessions and compulsions via a secure online survey. Please click the following link to access the survey and to find out more information:

http://www.fahs.surrey.ac.uk/survey/obsessionsandcompulsions.

Do you dislike the way any part(s) of your body (for example, your skin, hair, nose, eyes) look?

Do you think about your appearance for more than one hour per day?

Do you engage in any behaviors intended to check on, hide, or fix your appearance (for example, mirror checking, comparing yourself to others, excessive grooming, skin picking, or clothes changing)?

Do you avoid any places, people or activities because of your appearance concerns (for example, do you avoid bright lights, mirrors, dating, or parties)?

-       Do your appearance-related thoughts or behaviors cause you a lot of anxiety, sadness, or shame?

-       Do you have problems with your work, school, family, or relationships because of your appearance concerns?

If you answered any of these questions with ‘yes’, you might be eligible to participate in a research study looking in to visual processing mechanisms in people suffering from BDD?

During the course of the experiment participants will be asked to complete questionnaires and engage in a computer experiment looking at images of faces and objects.

The study is being conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, (Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF) and lasts approximately one hour.  You will be reimbursed £20 for your time at the end of the session.

NOTE: you must be 18 years old or older to participate

If you are interested and would like more information, please contact Benedetta Monzani (email benedetta.monzani@kcl.ac.uk; tel. no. 020 7848 0659)

Thank you!

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By Dr Fiona Challacombe

This study will be ongoing until 2012.

A treatment trial for mums who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with young children (less than 6 months) is taking place, offering a talking therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). It is run by the Institute of Psychiatry and the Centre for Anxiety Disorders, Maudsley Hospital, London under Professor Paul Salkovskis.  Treatments can be conducted at home for convenience.

For a confidential and informal discussion or for more details, please review the research proposals below or get in touch with Dr. Fiona Challacombe using the number or email below.

fiona.challacombe@kcl.ac.uk
telephone 0207 848 0762.

For more information about the study, please click here. If you would like to get involved please click here.

We are looking for male or female volunteers with a diagnosis of Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), aged between 18 and 65. Participants should not have any other current significant psychological or psychiatric disorders or a history of these either.

The purpose of the study is to learn more about the thoughts and behaviours related to comparing appearances in people with and without BDD. People with BDD are preoccupied with and distressed by one or more aspects of their physical appearance.  Like most if not all people, they often compare their appearance to others. We would like to learn more about these processes.  We hope this research will inform treatments for BDD.  The study is a student project being undertaken as part of a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

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We are looking for males and females aged 18 or over who are native English speakers and who currently have OCD (a diagnosis by a health professional is not required).

If you volunteer, you will be asked to complete a self-report questionnaire of OCD, a picture describing task, a written task and an interview. In total, these tasks will take approximately 2.5 hours.  You will be offered a £15 voucher for your participation and we will arrange the time and location to suit you.

If you would like to participate or for more information, please see the recruitment advert or contact Olivia Knapton: olivia.knapton@kcl.ac.uk.

This study received ethical approval from the Social Sciences, Humanities and Law Research Ethics Sub-committee at King’s College London (REC reference: SSHL/10/11-4).

If we understood more about these processes, it may help us prevent the development of anxiety in future generations. We are looking for dads with OCD who live at home with their children, who have children aged 7-12 to take part in our study at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. The study involves an interview by phone and some questionnaires for you and your family. Time and travel (if necessary) will be reimbursed. We anticipate participation will involve a couple of hours of your time.

For more information email Dr Rebecca Chilvers Rebecca.chilvers@kcl.ac.uk