UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Clinic

La Jolla Village Professional Center, Suite B225
8950 Villa La Jolla Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037

Director: Sanjaya Saxena, M.D. (858) 642-3472
Associate Director: Brett Johnson, M.D.

For appointments, contact Mylene Eduvala: (858) 534-6200

The UCSD Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (OCD) Clinic offers specialized assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with OCD, related disorders such as Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Compulsive Hoarding, Trichotillomania, and Tourette Syndrome, and co-occurring conditions, in an elegant outpatient setting. We offer treatment with both medications and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and stress the integration of psychopharmacological and psychological treatment interventions.

The clinic is staffed by a multi-disciplinary faculty of clinicians with expertise in OCD and related disorders, as well as trainees, including UCSD Psychiatry residents and fellows. All patients seen by trainees are also seen by faculty supervisors. Individual faculty clinicians see other patients on several different days of the week.

Michael Petronko, PhD
Anxiety Disorders Clinic
Rutgers, State University of NJ
Piscataway, NJ 08854
(732) 445-2181
mpetronk@rci.rutgers.edu

The Anxiety Disorders Clinic is a doctoral training clinic and research center affiliated with Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The clinic, under the direction of Michael Petronko, Ph.D., ABPP, and staffed by psychologists and doctoral students, offers evaluations and state of the art psychological treatment for adults, children and adolescents with anxiety disorders. The clinic also offers a support group for individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their family and loved ones, and subspecializes in the evaluation and treatment of other obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, including body dysmorphic disorder, hoarding and trichotillomania. Clinic staff supports a comprehensive approach to mental health treatment, and cognitive-behavioral therapy is offered in a flexible and supportive format, so that therapy is individually tailored to each client’s needs. For more information about the Anxiety Disorders Clinic and its services, please contact our clinic coordinator, Jennifer Greenberg, Psy.M., at (732) 445-5384.

-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 worry that your muscles are not big enough, or do you spend a lot of time lifting weights to enhance your muscles?

-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 behaviors)?

Or 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 friends because of your appearance concerns?

If you answered any of these questions with 'yes', you might be eligible to participate in a study at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). If you qualify, you will receive the following:

Diagnostic Evaluation at no cost
Medication Treatment at no cost

You will also be asked to fill out some questionnaires assessing body image symptoms, anxiety and mood. The treatment will be at no cost for you.

If you are interested in participating or would like to get further information, please call the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic at (617) 643-3079 at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), or email BDD@partners.org.

WHEN:
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 (All Day General Session)
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006 (Half-day Workshops)

WHERE:
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY (located on Long Island)

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?:
Mental healthcare providers and consumers: sufferers, family, friends

 

Presenters
Eric Hollander, M.D.
Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.
Fugen Neziroglu, Ph.D.
Sabine Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Jose A. Yaryura-Tobias, M.D.
Scott Granet, L.C.S.W.
Arie Winograd, L.M.F.T.
Jamie Feusner, M.D.
Sony Khemlani-Patel, Ph.D.
James Claiborn, Ph.D.
Andrea Allen, Ph.D.
Elizabeth R. Didie, Ph.D.

The 2006 BDD Conference brochure & registration form is available at: http://neysajanebodydysmorphicdisorderfund.com/index/BDD_Conference_2006

For more information on the Neysa Jane BDD Fund, please visit the new website at: http://neysajanebodydysmorphicdisorderfund.com/

Dr. Sabine Wilhelm, known for her significant contributions in treating BDD with cognitive behavioral therapy, has just released a self-help book related to overcoming body image problems. Be sure to check out the link below to learn more about this book and order your own copy!

Feeling Good About the Way You Look: Overcoming Body Image Problems

May 1st marked the Grand Opening of the Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic. It is the first mental health clinic on the West Coast of the United States dedicated primarily to the evaluation and treatment of Body Dysmorphic Disorder. The clinical staff specializes in the treatment of BDD, as well as other psychiatric disorders that frequently co-exist with BDD such as depression, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other anxiety disorders. The staff has substantial experience treating body dysmorphic disorder and has consulted and received referrals from around the United States and the world.

I could not recommend the staff of the Los Angeles Body Dysmoprhic Disorder Clinic more highly. Please check out their site for more information:

www.bddclinic.com

Both Katharine Phillips and Arie Winograd from Accurate Reflections will be on CNN this Tuesday, November 8th, on the Paula Zahn hour. Katharine will be pre-recorded (I assume) and Arie will be on live. Several BDDers from Arie's BDD support group, Accurate Reflections, will be on there as well. Be sure to check it out and show your support!

Great news, everybody! Dr. Claiborn, known by many as "Dr. C." on the forums, has been very helpful to the BDD Community at large. Not only has he written an excellent book, "The BDD Workbook", to help sufferers, he has also offered useful advice on a regular basis on the BDDCentral forums. He has recently reopened his practice in South Portland, Maine. If you are looking for specialized treatment for BDD in the Northeast, please do contact him:

James M. Claiborn, Ph.D.
6 D St.
South Portland, Maine 04106
Phone: (207) 799-0408
Fax: (207) 767-7002
Email: CBT4OCD@maine.rr.com
Website: http://home.att.net/~J-Claiborn-PhD/

GREAT NEWS! "OPRAH" featuring Katharine Phillips will air Wednesday September 14th!

Phillips will be the main guest on "OPRAH" discussing body dismorphic disorder and her book, THE BROKEN MIRROR. On the show with her will be several patients who suffer from the disease.

Phillips appeared on "OPRAH" five years ago when the first edition of THE BROKEN MIRROR came out, and many of these current patients say they recognized that they had BDD by watching that show.

THE BROKEN MIRROR, revised and expanded.
by Katherine Phillips M.D.
$19.95
978019516719
0195167198

Body Image Treatment Research Study

-Do you dislike the way any part(s) of your body (for example, your skin, hair, nose, eyes, and genitals) 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 behaviors)?
Or 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 friends because of your appearance concerns?

In case you answered any of these questions with 'yes' and if your primary problem is not related to unusual eating habits or weight concerns, you might be eligible to participate in a study at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). If you qualify, you will receive the following:

Diagnostic Evaluation at no cost
Medication Treatment at no cost

You will also be asked to fill out some questionnaires assessing body image symptoms, anxiety and mood. The treatment will be at no cost for you.

If you are interested in participating or would like to get further information, please call Kara Watts at (617) 643-3079 at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Body Dysmorphic Disorder Clinic, or email her at klwatts@partners.org.

People with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) worry about their appearance, thinking there's something wrong with how they look. BDD usually begins during childhood or adolescence but very little is known about what treatments help this age group. Research is greatly needed to answer this important question. We are studying the effectiveness of the medication fluoxetine for children and adolescents ages 10-16 with BDD who qualify for our study. This study is being done by BDD experts at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City (Dr. Eric Hollander), Butler Hospital/Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island (Dr. Katharine Phillips), and The University of Cincinnati School of Medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio (Drs. Brian McConville and Susan McElroy). People who qualify will receive free study treatment and are paid for their participation. Please contact us if you are interested in participating:

Mary Walters
BDD and Body Image Program
Butler Hospital
City/State: Providence, RI
Tel: (401) 455-6466
E-mail: mwalters@butler.org
Website: www.bodyimageprogram.com

Suah Kim
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
City/State: New York, NY
Tel: (212) 369-5123
E-mail: suah.kim@mssm.edu
Website: www.mssm.edu/psychiatry/ciadp

Judy Depew
University of Cincinnati
City/State: Cincinnati, OH
Tel: (513) 558-3991
E-mail: judy.depew@psychiatry.uc.edu

In April of 2005, the community of BDD experts banded together to put on the absolute best BDD Conference ever--it literally touched and changed lives for hundreds of BDDers, including those on this site. If you were unable to make it to the conference, now is your chance to attend the event vicariously by buying the audio recordings of all the presentations! If you were able to make it to the conference like I was, I'm certain you'll want a copy of the CD as a souvenir and way to relive the event. The CD is available from the Neysa Jane BDD Fund, Inc. Please visit the link below to print out an order form and purchase this awesome offering:

CD Order Form

Los Angeles Body Dysmorphic Disorder Conference
Saturday April 23, 2005

for further information, please visit
THE BDD CONFERENCE WEBSITE

All conference proceeds will go to the Neysa Jane BDD Fund, Inc. for further Body Dysmorphic Disorder research and education.