Trichotillomania in youth: A retrospective case series

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 661-665

  Mancini, Catherine ^a,b   Van Ameringen, Michael ^a,b   Patterson, Beth ^b   Simpson, William ^b   Truong, Christine ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antipsychotics; Childhood; Hair pulling; Pharmacological treatment; Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors; Trichotillomania; Youth

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ATOMOXETINE; CITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 67650077397     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20579     Document Type: Article

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