Skin picking disorder in university students: Health correlates and gender differences

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-173

  Odlaug, Brian L ^a,b   Lust, Katherine ^c   Schreiber, Liana R N ^d   Christenson, Gary ^c   Derbyshire, Katherine ^b   Grant, Jon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body focused repetitive behaviors; Comorbidity; Gender; Health; Skin picking

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DSM-5; E-MAIL; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN PICKING DISORDER; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875371998     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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