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Suicide risk high with body image obsession
People with "body dysmorphic disorder" are 45 times more likely to commit suicide than people in the general population, a new study shows.
The findings underscore the importance of recognizing and treating this "often secretive" psychiatric disorder, Dr. Katherine A. Phillips, the study's co-author, told Reuters Health.
Individuals with body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, have a distorted body image and think obsessively about their appearance, often for hours a day, explained Phillips, who is at Butler Hospital and Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island.
The disorder frequently leads to self-loathing and social isolation, she added. It is not uncommon for people with BDD to tell no one about their condition, even a spouse or very close friends.
"I've worked with these patients for about 15 years now," Phillips added. "In my clinical experience they're often thinking about suicide. They're an unusually distressed group of people."
Philips and her colleague William Menard conducted the first investigation in which a group of patients with BDD were followed over a period of time, and report the findings in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
During each year of the study, 58 percent of the 185 study participants reported thinking about suicide, and 2.6 percent tried to kill themselves. Two people completed suicide attempts, making the suicide rate among the patients roughly 45-fold greater than for people in the general population.
Studies have suggested that up to 2.4 percent of people have BDD, Phillips said. While most of us have concerns about appearance, she added, a person with BDD obsesses about these concerns and is virtually crippled by them. Phillips said. "It's easy to trivialize BDD, it's easy to confuse it with vanity," she added.
Most people with BDD can be helped by treatment with antidepressant drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, which include Prozac and Zoloft, or a type of counseling known as cognitive behavioral therapy, Phillips said.
"The good news is that there are two forms of treatment that seem to be helpful for most people with this disorder," she added. "This just underscores the importance of recognizing this illness and recognizing that it's a severe illness that can potentially respond very well to mental health treatment."
SOURCE: American Journal of Psychiatry, July 2006.
FDA, Barr to meet next week on morning-after pill
August 2, 2006 07:23:38 AM PST
Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss the company's bid to sell its morning-after contraceptive Plan B without a prescription, the agency said on Wednesday.
"The FDA and Barr Labs will meet on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. to discuss the letter we sent to the company" earlier this week, agency spokeswoman Susan Bro said.
In a letter to Barr on Monday, the FDA said it was taking a new look at proposed sales of Plan B without a prescription. The agency said the pills would be kept behind pharmacy counters and women would need to ask for them. Women younger than 18 still would need a prescription.
The FDA added it that it hoped to wrap up Barr's application, which has lingered at the agency since 2003, within weeks.
The pending decision over Plan B -- a set of two pills that can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercourse -- has been controversial, with supporters and critics alike relentlessly lobbying the FDA. It has also held up confirmation of an FDA chief.
Barr shares were up 95 cents or 1.9 percent at $50.16 in morning trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
