Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Major Depressive Episode Have Comorbidity-Independent Associations With Suicidality in an Acute Psychiatric Setting

Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2021 Oct;19(4):490-495. doi: 10.1176/appi.focus.19405. Epub 2021 Nov 5.

Authors

Ivar Snorrason¹, Courtney Beard¹, Kirsten Christensen¹, Andri S Bjornsson¹, Thröstur Björgvinsson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA (Snorrason, Beard, Christensen, Björgvinsson); Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (Snorrason, Beard, Christensen, Björgvinsson); Department of Psychology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland (Bjornsson).

Abstract

(Appeared originally in Journal of Affective Disorders 2019; 259:266-270).

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