Escitalopram treatment of trichotillomania

International Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Gadde, Kishore M ^a   Ryan Wagner II, Harry ^a   Connor, Kathryn M ^a   Foust, Mariko S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Escitalopram; Hair pulling; Impulse control disorders; Pharmacotherapy; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY RESISTANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; LIBIDO DISORDER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOTHERAPY; MYDRIASIS; NAUSEA; ORGASM DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; SWEATING; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CITALOPRAM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 33845636165     PISSN: 02681315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YIC.0b013e3280113d2b     Document Type: Article

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