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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
Trichotillomania is a neglected neuropsychiatric disorder that only recently has received research attention. Based on clinical data, it appears far more common than previously believed. Like OCD, the behavior is recognized as senseless and undesirable, but is chronic and difficult to treat. The comorbidity, drug response data, familiality, and phenomenology of the disorder extend the concept of OCD to a spectrum of inappropriately released, excessive grooming behaviors. Although the discovery of clomipramine's effectiveness has provided relief to some trichotillomanics, further work is indicated to find regimens that provide long-term suppression of symptoms. Ongoing investigations of early-onset trichotillomania may reveal etiologic triggers, whereas studies that examine the similarities and differences between trichotillomania and OCD may help define the neurobiology of OCD, and possibly of other atypical impulse control disorders.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0193-953X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
777-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Child, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Clomipramine, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Combined Modality Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Desipramine, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Male, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Personality Inventory, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:1461795-Trichotillomania
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Trichotillomania. An obsessive compulsive spectrum disorder?
pubmed:affiliation
Child Psychiatry Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial