Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature

Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiat...

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Autores principales: Kumar, P. N. Suresh, Rajmohan, V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22988332
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.99544
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description Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiatric disorders are prevalent among patients with trichotillomania. Here we report a case of trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a 58-year-old man with schizophrenia. The various treatment options are also discussed.
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spelling pubmed-34409192012-09-17 Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature Kumar, P. N. Suresh Rajmohan, V. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiatric disorders are prevalent among patients with trichotillomania. Here we report a case of trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a 58-year-old man with schizophrenia. The various treatment options are also discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3440919/ /pubmed/22988332 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.99544 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature
title_full Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature
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title_short Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3440919/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.99544
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