Untreated trichotillomania and trichophagia: Surgical emergency in a teenage girl

Psychosomatics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 362-366

  Salaam, Karriem ^b   Carr, Joel ^b   Grewal, Harsh ^b   Sholevar, Ellen ^b   Baron, David ^a  

^a Temple University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEZOAR; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SIBLING; TRICHOBEZOAR; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; BEZOARS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 24044477614     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.46.4.362     Document Type: Letter

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