Trichotillomania and pathologic skin picking: Clinical comparison with an examination of comorbidity

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-63

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse control disorders; Pathologic skin picking; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SKIN PICKING; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SKIN; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 45949086995     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230802017027     Document Type: Article

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