Have you ever found yourself, whether as a child or even now, pulling out strands of your hair without realising why? If that is the case, you could be suffering from trichotillomania, a mental health ...
The following guest post was authored by Nancy Keuthen, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Trichotillomania Clinic and Research Unit at Massachusetts ...
DENVER — Skin-picking and hair-pulling disorders are “underrecognized, understudied, and undertreated,” a dermatologist told colleagues, but medications — especially glutamatergic agents — are showing ...
Trichotillomania is a disorder that affects 1-2% of the population, a majority of them female. The main feature is the recurrent compulsion to pull out one’s hair. Hair is pulled from any area of the ...