Clinical correlates of symptom severity in skin picking disorder
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Clinical correlates of symptom severity in skin picking disorder
BACKGROUND Skin picking disorder (SPD) remains poorly understood with limited data regarding its underlying pathophysiology and appropriate treatment choices. One approach to refining our treatment of SPD might be to better understand the range of illness severity and the clinical associations with severity. METHODS 125 adults aged 18 to 65 with a primary, current DSM-5 diagnosis of SPD were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Comprehensive Psychiatry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0010-440X
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.07.001