Trichotillomania - Etiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Hair pulling: a review.

29 Sep 2005 Hair pulling has been reported in humans, six different non-human primate species, mice, guineapigs, rabbits, sheep and muskox, dogs and cats. This behaviour seems to occur only in subjects who are confined in an artificial environment. It has been ... Read more...

[Trichotillomania: clinical presentation, causes, treatment options]

2 Nov 2004 Trichotillomania (compulsive pulling out of hair) is a disorder belonging in the group of obsessive-compulsive disorders, the frequency of which is underestimated. It is a complex clinical condition comprising both compulsive and impulsive elements, ... Read more...

[Trichotillomania. Its course and psychosocial consequences]

29 Jun 2004 The article contains the definition and characteristics of trichotillomania, its prevalence, main syndromes and factors which intensify the pressure of uncontrolled hair pulling. It also raises the problem of the role of tension in maintaining these ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Trichotillomania - Etiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Trichotillomania. 30 Jan 2008
• Trichotillomania: a treatment overview. 29 Nov 2006
• Hair pulling: a review. 29 Sep 2005
• Child abuse and trichotillomania. 6 Jan 2005
• [Trichotillomania: clinical presentation, causes, treatment options] 2 Nov 2004
• [Trichotillomania. Its course and psychosocial consequences] 29 Jun 2004
• Barbering (fur and whisker trimming) by laboratory mice as a model of human trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders. 30 Mar 2004
• Impact of age at onset and duration of illness on the expression of comorbidities in obsessive-compulsive disorder. 30 Dec 2003
• Trichotillomania: a review and case report. 30 Aug 2003
• [Obsessive-compulsive disorders in general practice. How the obsessive-compulsive neurotic is revealed by skin and hair] 24 May 2003
• Trichotillomania. 29 Apr 2003
• Obsessive-compulsive symptoms, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and related disorders in Parkinson's disease. 30 Dec 2002
• Affective correlates of trichotillomania. 30 Oct 2002
• Trichotillomania: a possible therapeutic strategy for the family doctor. 27 Feb 2002
• [Obsessive-compulsive disorder in children induced by streptococcal infection] 22 Nov 2001
• Trichotillomania associated with dementia: a case report. 29 Apr 2001
• Trichotillomania. An overview and guide to understanding. 29 Apr 2001
• Postoperative pressure-induced alopecia: report of a case and discussion of the role of apoptosis in non-scarring alopecia. 30 Jul 1999
• Trichotillomania--an overview. 30 Jul 1999
• Trichotillomania. 29 Jun 1999

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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