Management of trichotillomania

Hallopeau, a French dermatologist, coined the term trichotillomania (TM) to describe alopecia (baldness) caused by self-traction of the hair, but the term now encompasses the entire syndrome of pathological hair-pulling. It is a disorder of impulse control. The authors present three (adult and child...

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Autores principales: Kaur, Harprit, Chavan, B.S., Raj, Lok
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2005
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711315
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43063
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description Hallopeau, a French dermatologist, coined the term trichotillomania (TM) to describe alopecia (baldness) caused by self-traction of the hair, but the term now encompasses the entire syndrome of pathological hair-pulling. It is a disorder of impulse control. The authors present three (adult and child) cases of TM managed successfully using a combination of pharmacotherapy and a package of behaviour therapy. Some psychopathological aspects of the disorder are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-29211432010-08-14 Management of trichotillomania Kaur, Harprit Chavan, B.S. Raj, Lok Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Hallopeau, a French dermatologist, coined the term trichotillomania (TM) to describe alopecia (baldness) caused by self-traction of the hair, but the term now encompasses the entire syndrome of pathological hair-pulling. It is a disorder of impulse control. The authors present three (adult and child) cases of TM managed successfully using a combination of pharmacotherapy and a package of behaviour therapy. Some psychopathological aspects of the disorder are also discussed. Medknow Publications 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC2921143/ /pubmed/20711315 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43063 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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