The prevalence of pathologic skin picking in US adults

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Keuthen, Nancy J ^a   Koran, Lorrin M ^b   Aboujaoude, Elias ^b   Large, Michael D ^c   Serpe, Richard T ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Palomar College   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGIC SKIN PICKING; PREVALENCE; SKIN; SKIN INJURY; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SKIN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249087910     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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