The Milwaukee inventory for subtypes of trichotillomania-adult version (MIST-A): Development of an instrument for the assessment of "focused" and "automatic" hair pulling

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-30

  Flessner, Christopher A ^a   Woods, Douglas W ^a   Franklin, Martin E ^b   Cashin, Susan E ^a   Keuthen, Nancy J ^c   Mansueto, Charles S ^d   Lerner, Ethan ^d   Penzel, Frederick ^d   Golomb, Ruth ^d   Mouton Odum, Suzanne ^d   Novak, Carl ^d   O'Sullivan, Richard L ^d   Pauls, David ^d   Piacentini, John ^d   Stein, Dan ^d   Thienemann, Margo ^d   Walkup, John T ^d   Wright, Harry H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin Milwaukee ^*

Author keywords

Automatic; Focused; Pulling; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATISM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZATION; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 40549125987     PISSN: 08822689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10862-007-9073-x     Document Type: Article

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