Trichotillomania: Neurobiology and treatment

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 831-842

  Chamberlain, Samuel R ^a,b   Odlaug, Brian L ^c   Boulougouris, Vasileios ^b   Fineberg, Naomi A ^a,d   Grant, Jon E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Compulsive; Grooming; Habit; Impulsivity; OCD; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ATOMOXETINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; NALTREXONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; RADIOISOTOPE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPULSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM; TIC; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GROOMING; HABITS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 65049084527     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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