Trichotillomania: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment

This article examines the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of trichotillomania (the recurrent desire to pull out one's hair). The authors provide a brief review both of proposed etiologies of trichotillomania and of the diagnostic and assessment issues related to this disorder, and they dis...

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Published in:Journal of counseling and development 2004-04, Vol.82 (2), p.185-190
Main Authors: Kress, Victoria E. White, Kelly, Brandy L., McCormick, Laura J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
Anxiety Disorders
Assessment
Behavior disorders
Care and treatment
Clinical Diagnosis
Comorbidity
Coping
Counseling
Counselling
Diagnosis
Early Adolescents
Etiology
Hair
Hairstyles
Medical diagnosis
Mental disorders
Neurobiology
Obsessive compulsive disorder
Operant Conditioning
Personality Problems
Practice
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychotherapists
Self Control
Self destructive behavior
Stimuli
Tourette syndrome
Treatment
Trichotillomania
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Summary:This article examines the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of trichotillomania (the recurrent desire to pull out one's hair). The authors provide a brief review both of proposed etiologies of trichotillomania and of the diagnostic and assessment issues related to this disorder, and they discuss interventions and treatments that have been shown to be most efficacious when working with clients diagnosed with trichotillomania.
ISSN:0748-9633
1556-6676
DOI:10.1002/j.1556-6678.2004.tb00300.x