Skin picking behaviors: An examination of the prevalence and severity in a community sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 314-319

  Hayes, Stephania L ^a   Storch, Eric A ^b   Berlanga, Lissette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body focused repetitive behaviors; Depression; Impulsivity; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749121391     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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