Context Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive hair pulling that causes noticeable hair loss. Data on the pharmacologic treatment of trichotillomania are limited to conflicting studies of serotonergic medications. N-acetylcysteine, an amino acid, seems to restore the extracellular glutamate concentration in the nucleus accumbens and, therefore, offers promise in the reduction of compul...

Differential diagnosis of trichotillomania is often difficult in clinical practice. Trichoscopy (hair and scalp dermoscopy) effectively supports differential diagnosis of various hair and scalp diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of trichoscopy in diagnosing trichotillomania. The study included 370 patients (44 with trichotillomania, 314 with alopecia areata and 12 with...

conclusions trichotillomania may also be seen in preschool-aged children and may be associated with separation anxiety disorder. improper and late treatment can be associated with a worsening of the disorder. case presentation a 4.5-year-old girl without any psychiatric disorders in the family. she was cared for by her mother, and the child had a history of separation anxiety. after detection o...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To determine whether sleep-isolated trichotillomania has been recognized or suspected by dermatologists. METHODS Eight-hundred and seven practicing dermatologists in the Midwest were identified through the American Academy of Dermatologists website database. A 10-question multiple-choice survey regarding trichotillomania was mailed to each. Responses were anonymously returned...

BACKGROUND Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and trichotillomania (compulsive hair-pulling) share overlapping co-morbidity, familial transmission, and phenomenology. However, the extent to which these disorders share a common cognitive phenotype has yet to be elucidated using patients without confounding co-morbidities. AIM To compare neurocognitive functioning in co-morbidity-free patients...

CONTEXT Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive hair pulling that causes noticeable hair loss. Data on the pharmacologic treatment of trichotillomania are limited to conflicting studies of serotonergic medications. N-acetylcysteine, an amino acid, seems to restore the extracellular glutamate concentration in the nucleus accumbens and, therefore, offers promise in the reduction of compul...

Treatment of adolescent trichotillomania is understudied, and treatment providers are difficult to find. In this pilot study, we compared ACT-enhanced behavior therapy a waitlist, with delivered over Zoom, 28 adolescents who met criteria for trichotillomania. This study partially occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. A detailed description protocol provided adapted Zoom format adolescents. Pre...

BACKGROUND Trichotillomania is an often underdiagnosed condition. Little is known about trichotillomania in childhood. We aimed to analyze the characteristics of children with trichotillomania to increase information on this condition. METHODS A retrospective study of an electronic database was performed in a tertiary children's hospital. Information from patients with trichotillomania was sy...

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effects of the personality traits and perfectionism in predicting core self-evaluations of women with trichotillomania and healthy women. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. A total of 50 women affected with trichotillomania (age-matched with 50 normal women) were selected by convenience sampling method from counseling centers of Tabriz Cit...