Longitudinal relationships between muscle dysmorphia symptoms and suicidal ideation.

William Grunewald Shelby N OrtizShruti S Kinkel-RamApril R Smith

Published in: Suicide & life-threatening behavior (2022)

Results may suggest that individuals engage in MD symptoms potentially to cope with distressing thoughts of suicide. Clinicians should provide clients with comorbid MD and suicidality with appropriate coping tools to manage distress from suicidal thoughts outside of engaging in compulsive exercise characteristic of MD symptoms.

Keyphrases

molecular dynamics
depressive symptoms
sleep quality
skeletal muscle
palliative care
high intensity
obsessive compulsive disorder
body composition
hiv testing