Person with Body Dysmorphic Disorder Prone to Do Suicide

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People with body dysmorphic disorder are intensely obsess over their appearance and body image, often for many hours a day, and may feel very depressed or even suicidal.

According to a new study, people who restrict how much they eat because they have body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), may be at higher risk of taking their own lives.
Research published in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior shows that restricting food intake because of BDD is linked with a doubled risk of attempting suicide. However, researchers did not find a link between restricting food intake because of BDD and ideas of suicide.

The study included 200 people (more than half were women) who had BDD. They were all between ages of 14 and 64, and the number of past suicide attempts ranged from 0 to 25.

Body dysmorphic disorder occurs when a person is convinced that something about his or her appearance is wrong (even though nothing is actually wrong). The researchers reported that about 25 percent of people with this condition have attempted suicide, and 75 percent of people with the condition think that that their lives aren't worth living.