Treatment and Psychopathology of BDD

描述（由申请人提供）：此中期职业生涯申请 研究者奖在以患者为导向的研究（K-24）要求支持 候选人将增加对初级临床研究者的指导，并提高 她以病人为导向的研究本研究的重点是身体畸形 障碍（BDD），专注于想象或轻微的缺陷， 外观，这是一种令人痛苦的，损害性的，相对常见的疾病。 BDD与高比率的功能障碍、精神障碍、 住院和自杀企图，以及生活质量明显低下。 尽管这种疾病已经被描述了世纪，尽管 它的公共卫生意义，它收到了很少的实证研究。 作为该领域为数不多的研究人员之一，候选人建议继续 并扩大她对这种未充分研究的严重精神疾病的以病人为导向的研究 disorder.这项建议的主要目的是利用 以患者为导向的研究中的职业生涯研究者奖，以增加 候选人对与其未来研究相关的几个领域的知识， 开发、评估和传播关于BDD治疗的新信息， 精神病理学为此，职业发展计划增加了 候选人在以下领域的经验、知识和技能：1） 循证心理治疗-特别是认知行为治疗; 2） 统计学; 3）干预研究设计和方法; 4）发展 精神病理学和人类发展职业发展计划还 建议1）通过以下方式提高对BDD和其他精神障碍的认识 教育专业人士和公众，2）扩大候选人的指导 开始调查的目的是吸引他们从事 以病人为中心的研究。本应用程序的研究计划侧重于两个 正在进行的BDD治疗和精神病理学的R 01研究，其他正在进行的研究 研究和拟议的干预研究（R-21和R-01应用）， BDD。总之，该奖项将为候选人的 职业发展，指导，以及正在进行的和新的以病人为导向的研究， 一种未被充分研究的、相对常见的、严重的精神障碍。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application for a Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K-24) requests support for the candidate to increase mentoring of beginning clinical investigators and enhance her patient-oriented research. This research focuses on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), a preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance, which is a distressing, impairing, and relatively common disorder. BDD is associated with high rates of functional impairment, psychiatric hospitalization, and suicide attempts, as well as notably poor quality of life. Although this disorder has been described for more than a century, and despite its public health significance, it has received little empirical investigation. As one of the few researchers in this area, the candidate proposes to continue and expand her patient-oriented research on this understudied and severe mental disorder. The chief aim of this proposal is to use time liberated by the Mid-Career Investigator Award in Patient Oriented Research to increase the candidate's knowledge of several areas relevant to her future research and to develop, evaluate and disseminate new information on BDD's treatment and psychopathology. To this end, the career development plan increases the candidate's experience, knowledge, and skills in the following areas: 1) evidence-based psychotherapy--specifically, cognitive-behavioral therapy; 2) statistics; 3) intervention study design and methodology; and 4) developmental psychopathology and human development. The career development plan also proposes to 1) increase awareness of BDD and other mental disorders by educating professionals and the public, and 2) expand the candidate's mentoring of beginning investigators with the goal of attracting them to a career in patient-oriented research. This application's research plan focuses on two ongoing R01 studies of BDD's treatment and psychopathology, other ongoing research, and proposed intervention research (R-21 and R-0l applications) on BDD. In summary, this award would provide critical support for the candidate's career development, mentoring, and ongoing and new patient-oriented research on an understudied, relatively common, and severe mental disorder.