How related are hair pulling disorder (trichotillomania) and skin picking disorder? A review of evidence for comorbidity, similarities and shared etiology

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 618-629

  Snorrason, Ivar ^a   Belleau, Emily L ^a   Woods, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body focused repetitive behaviors; Comorbidity; Grooming disorders; Hair pulling disorder; Pathological skin picking; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CLOMIPRAMINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AFFECT; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BODY FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; COMPULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HABIT REVERSAL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INJURY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOCUTANEOUS DISEASE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN PICKING DISORDER; TEMPERAMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

HUMANS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 84865075105     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.05.008     Document Type: Review

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