Skin picking disorder is associated with other body-focused repetitive behaviors: Findings from an Internet study

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Snorrason, Ivar ^a   Ricketts, Emily J ^a   Flessner, Christopher A ^b   Franklin, Martin E ^c   Stein, Dan J ^d   Woods, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body focused repetitive behavior; Comorbidity; Family history; Hair pulling; Skin picking; Trichotillomania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAIR PULLING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN PICKING DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SELF MUTILATION; SKIN; TRICHOTILLOMANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872345255     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: 15473325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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