Trichotillomania - Diagnosis
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Update on pathological skin picking.

30 Jul 2009 Pathological skin picking (PSP) is a disabling disorder characterized by repetitive picking of the skin that causes tissue damage. Estimated to affect 2% to 5.4% of the population, PSP is currently listed as an impulse control disorder not otherwise ... Read more...

N-acetylcysteine, a glutamate modulator, in the treatment of trichotillomania: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

29 Jun 2009 CONTEXT: Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive hair pulling that causes noticeable hair loss. Data on the pharmacologic treatment of trichotillomania are limited to conflicting studies of serotonergic medications. N-acetylcysteine, an ... Read more...

Fatal case of Rapunzel syndrome in neglected child.

5 Jun 2009 Rapunzel syndrome is very extreme form of trichobezoar formation where the tail of the trichobezoar extends from the stomach into the small intestine. Death resulting from this condition is rare and is usually associated with gastric or intestinal ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Trichotillomania - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Update on pathological skin picking. 30 Jul 2009
• N-acetylcysteine, a glutamate modulator, in the treatment of trichotillomania: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. 29 Jun 2009
• Fatal case of Rapunzel syndrome in neglected child. 5 Jun 2009
• Symptom profiles in pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): the effects of comorbid grooming conditions. 9 Mar 2009
• The use of dermoscopy for the diagnosis of trichotillomania. 2 Mar 2009
• The child and adolescent trichotillomania impact project: descriptive psychopathology, comorbidity, functional impairment, and treatment utilization. 29 Nov 2008
• Trichotillomania and post-traumatic stress disorder: a case study. 30 Oct 2008
• Is trichotillomania a stereotypic movement disorder? An analysis of body-focused repetitive behaviors in people with hair-pulling. 29 Sep 2008
• Cross-sectional study of women with trichotillomania: a preliminary examination of pulling styles, severity, phenomenology, and functional impact. 7 Sep 2008
• Is it trichotillomania? Hair pulling in childhood: a developmental perspective. 29 Jun 2008
• Unusual loss of body hair in childhood: Trichotillomania or alopecia. 30 Mar 2008
• Convergent and discriminant validity of the Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale-Symptom Checklist. 5 Feb 2008
• Trichotillomania. 30 Jan 2008
• The trichotillomania scale for children: development and validation. 6 Jan 2008
• Styles of pulling in trichotillomania: exploring differences in symptom severity, phenomenology, and functional impact. 2008
• Trichotillomania. 30 Dec 2007
• Sleep-isolated trichotillomania: a survey of dermatologists. 13 Dec 2007
• Trichotillomania in acute Sydenham's chorea. 29 Nov 2007
• Examination of gender in pathologic grooming behaviors. 29 Nov 2007
• The Milwaukee Inventory for Styles of Trichotillomania-Child Version (MIST-C): initial development and psychometric properties. 30 Oct 2007

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Technical information about 'Trichotillomania'

Definition: Compulsion to pull out one's hair.

Descriptor UI: D014256

Alternative terms: Trichotillomania; Trichotillomanias;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.500.800;

Online Note: use OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER to search TRICHOTILLOMANIA 1966-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER 1981-90; was see under NEUROSES, OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE 1963-80; was in Cat F only 1975-79