Is trichotillomania a stereotypic movement disorder? An analysis of body-focused repetitive behaviors in people with hair-pulling

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 194-198

  Stein, Dan J ^a,b,g   Flessner, Christopher A ^c   Franklin, Martin ^d   Keuthen, Nancy J ^e   Lochner, Christine ^f   Woods, Douglas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body focused repetitive behaviors; Hair pulling; Nail biting; Skin picking; Stereotypic movement disorder; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY STRESS SCALE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HABIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL HAIRPULLING SCALE; MILWAUKEE INVENTORY FOR SUBTYPES OF TRICHOTILLOMANIA ADULT VERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SHEEHAN DISABILITY SCALE; STRESS; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049179036     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401230802435625     Document Type: Article

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