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Examples of trichotillomania
trichotillomania
Psychologists are still debating how to categorize trichotillomania, Woods said.
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Research suggests that trichotillomania is associated with genetic vulnerability.
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It's rare to see anything about trichotillomania covered in the mainstream press.
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Depression and trichotillomania are real disorders that usually require treatment.
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More with Marla Deibler, PsyD, on the hair-pulling disorder trichotillomania.
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Trichotillomania is a disorder where people compulsively pull out their hair.
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More with Marla Deibler, PsyD, on trichotillomania, a hair pulling disorder.
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It is important that you know that trichotillomania is a treatable disorder.
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It is important to ask patients with trichotillomania about ingesting hair.
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- An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
- Trichotillomania (TTM, also known as trichotillosis,James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0721629210. ...
- A medical disorder in which the victim compulsively pulls his/her own hair out
- A phycological condition that give the victim the unavoidable urge to pull the hair from ones scalp, nose, facial hair or other body hair. The condition has been closely compared to OCD although classification of the condition is regularly disputed. ...
- A type of alopecia caused by the constant pulling and twirling of a specific area of scalp. The hair loss usually improves once the habit is precluded; however, in some severe cases it is permanent.
- Disorder characterized by compulsive hair or eyelash pulling. The exact cause is not known.
- A compulsive disorder in which someone experiences string urges to tug or pull out their own hair. This weakens the hair follicles and results in hair loss.
- The compulsion to tear or pluck out the hair on one's head and face and often to ingest it. Many people with BDD find that they also have trichotillomania
- An impulse-control disorder characterized by pathological hair pullling that results in noticeable hair loss.
