Ethnic differences in trichotillomania: Phenomenology, interference, impairment, and treatment efficacy

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 553-558

  Neal Barnett, Angela ^a   Flessner, Christopher ^b   Franklin, Martin E ^c   Woods, Douglas W ^d   Keuthen, Nancy J ^e   Stein, Dan J ^f,g  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^g Trichotillomania Learning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet study; Minorities; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 77953120244     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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