Is it trichotillomania? Hair pulling in childhood: A developmental perspective

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-418

  Santhanam, Radhika ^a   Fairley, Michael ^b   Rogers, Maureen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childhood trichotillomania; Hair pulling behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SEPARATION ANXIETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HABITS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 48249135062     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104508090604     Document Type: Review

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