Hair-Pulling Disorder - Mental Health Disorders - Merck Manuals Consumer VersionPHILLIPS.KATHARINE
Separation anxietydisorder:Characterized by excessiveanxietywhen separated from specific people or animals. Tourette syndrome:Characterized by involuntary movements and sounds. Related behaviors include chronic skin picking, hair pulling, cheek biting, andteeth grinding. What are symptoms of a nail biting di...
Anxiety disorders –agoraphobia, specific phobia, and social anxiety disorder, panic attack, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, hoarding disorder, hair-pulling disorder. • Substance/medication-induced obsessive–compulsive disorders. • Other obsessive compulsive and related disorders. • Dissoci...
This category also includes conditions like body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder), dermatillomania (skin-picking disorder), hypochondria, and Tourette syndrome. That said, some organizations, like the Department of Health and Human Services, may still consider OCD...
Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder) Trichotillomania causes individuals to repeatedly pull out hair from their eyebrows, skin, or scalp compulsively to reduce distress. Jump to top V Voyeuristic Disorder Jump to top For additional help and support with your concerns ...
Anxiety disorders –agoraphobia, specific phobia, and social anxiety disorder, panic attack, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, hoarding disorder, hair-pulling disorder. • Substance/medication-induced obsessive–compulsive disorders. • Other obsessive compulsive and related disorders. • Dissoci...
Anxiety disorders—agoraphobia, specific phobia, and social anxiety disorder, panic attack, specific phobias, social anxiety disorder, hoarding disorder, hair-pulling disorder. Substance/medication-induced obsessive–compulsive disorders. Other obsessive compulsive and related disorders. Dissociative disorders, ...
Dronabinol, a cannabinoid agonist, reduces hair pulling in trichotillomania: a pilot study. Psychopharmacol- ogy (Berl) 218: 493–502. Grassi Zucconi G, Cipriani S, Balgkouranidou I, Scattoni R (2006). ''One night'' sleep deprivation stimulates hippocampal neurogenesis. Brain Res Bull 69: ...
The DSM-III-R (American Psychological Association [APA], 1987) defines trichotillomania as an impulse control disorder characterized by the recurrent failure to resist impulses to pull out one's own hair. The diagnosis is not made if hair pulling is associated with inflammation or is in ...
Impulse control disorders: examples include trichotillomania (pulling out one’s hair), self-harm (such as cutting), gambling addictions, and other behavioral disorders. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a wide range of symptoms that impair one’s well-being immediately after, and even year...