Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder which has been reported to respond to fluoxetine. A patient thus treated who, however, developed drug induced alopecia is reported.

this paper reports trichotillomania in eight iranian children (7 girls and 1 boy) .it is rarely seen in children and adolescents. although some subjects are psychiatrically normal, but some suffer from depressive disorder, neurosis, or personality problems. separation from key figure, denial of femininity/and inadequate mother-child relationship play important roles either in the etiology of tr...

Untreated trichophagia secondary to trichotillomania is a potentially life-threatening condition. Taking a thorough family and social history, most notably with the aid of a genogram or family tree, can aid in including this disorder in the differential diagnosis. This case presentation describes a unique occurrence of untreated trichotillomania in a female adolescent that led to formation of a...