The skin picking impact project: Phenomenology, interference, and treatment utilization of pathological skin picking in a population-based sample

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Tucker, Benjamin T P ^a   Woods, Douglas W ^a   Flessner, Christopher A ^b   Franklin, Shana A ^a   Franklin, Martin E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impulse control disorders; OC spectrum; Skin picking; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL SKIN PICKING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN;

EID: 78650245332     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.08.007     Document Type: Article

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