Characteristics of 60 adult chronic hair pullers

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 365-370

  Christenson, Gary A ^a   Mackenzie, Thomas B ^a   Mitchell, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPULSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; SELF MUTILATION; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0026033768     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.148.3.365     Document Type: Article

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