Risperidone Monotherapy for Treatment-Resistant Trichotillomania

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Ginsberg, David L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOMIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PIMOZIDE; RISPERIDONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MONOTHERAPY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; REVIEW; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 1842453760     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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