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Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking
The case of an 18-year-old girl with skin-picking is reported. The patient used to pick at healthy skin and small skin lesions, leading to ulceration, hyperpigmentation and disfigurement. She recovered almost fully with fluoxetine. The implications of diagnosis and the need for early treatment are d...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43065 |
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| author | Sharma, R.C. Sharma, N.L. |
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| description | The case of an 18-year-old girl with skin-picking is reported. The patient used to pick at healthy skin and small skin lesions, leading to ulceration, hyperpigmentation and disfigurement. She recovered almost fully with fluoxetine. The implications of diagnosis and the need for early treatment are discussed. |
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| spelling | pubmed-29211452010-08-14 Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking Sharma, R.C. Sharma, N.L. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report The case of an 18-year-old girl with skin-picking is reported. The patient used to pick at healthy skin and small skin lesions, leading to ulceration, hyperpigmentation and disfigurement. She recovered almost fully with fluoxetine. The implications of diagnosis and the need for early treatment are discussed. Medknow Publications 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC2921145/ /pubmed/20711317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43065 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. |
| spellingShingle | Case Report Sharma, R.C. Sharma, N.L. Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title | Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title_full | Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title_short | Effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| title_sort | effectiveness of fluoxetine in the treatment of skin-picking |
| topic | Case Report |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921145/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43065 |
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