A clinical study of seven cases of trichotillomania in singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 519-524

  Fung, D S S ^a   Chen, H Y ^b  

^a Institute of Health   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Compulsions; Hair pulling; Obsessions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0033163802     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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