Clinical characteristics and medical complications of pathologic skin picking

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Odlaug, Brian L ^a   Grant, Jon E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotic excoriation; Pathologic skin picking; Psychogenic excoriation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOLOGIC SKIN PICKING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SCAR; SKIN ULCER; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349012854     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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