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UCLA School of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine

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Understanding Perception and Emotion in Body Image Disorders; Treatments for OCD and Anxiety Disorders

We are using functional and structural brain imaging and multi-modal techniques to understand the basis for perceptual distortions and emotion dysregulation in body dysmorphic disorder and anorexia nervosa. We are also studying the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on neurometabolites and on resting state brain activity in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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Jamie D. Feusner joined the faculty in the department of psychiatry in July of 2006. Dr. Feusner graduated with honors from UC San Diego with a major of Biochemistry and Cell Biology. He obtained his medical degree and completed his psychiatry residency training at UCLA, during which time he received several awards. He then completed a clinical psychopharmacology fellowship followed by an NIMH-funded psychobiology research fellowship where he received training in neuroimaging. He has published on body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) anxiety disorders and mood disorders and has lectured nationally and internationally on these topics. He is currently funded by the NIH to study visual and emotional information processing in BDD and anorexia nervosa, and has conducted and published the first fMRI studies in BDD. His research seeks to understand common phenotypes of aberrant visual and emotional processing that cross diagnostic boundaries of BDD, eating disorders, OCD, and other anxiety disorders. He is also funded by the NIH to study the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain glutamate concentration in individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder. His research utilizes functional (fMRI, MRS, and EEG) and structural neuroimaging (sMRI and DTI), as well as psychophysical testing to understand the brain. Dr. Feusner is the Director of the UCLA OCD Intensive Treatment Program. He teaches psychiatry residents pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the UCLA Anxiety Disorders Clinic, and is a research supervisor for postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates.