Pathological grooming: Evidence for a single factor behind trichotillomania, skin picking and nail biting

Pathological grooming: Evidence for a single factor behind trichotillomania, skin picking and nail biting

Although trichotillomania (TTM), skin picking (SP), and nail biting (NB) have been receiving growing scientific attention, the question as to whether these disorders can be regarded as separate entities or they are different manifestations of the same underlying tendency is unclear. Data were collected online in a community survey, yielding a sample of 2705 participants (66% women, mean age: 29...

Pathologic grooming (acne excoriee, trichotillomania, and nail biting) in 4 generations of a single family.

BFRBDs: body-focused repetitive behavior disorders DSM: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders INTRODUCTION Trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder), excoriation (skin-picking) disorder, and other body-focused repetitive behavior disorders (BFRBDs) have received increasing attention in the psychiatric nomenclature. Trichotillomania was introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical...

A cognitive comparison of pathological skin picking and trichotillomania.

OBJECTIVE Pathological Skin Picking (PSP) and Trichotillomania (TTM) share overlapping comorbidity and phenomenology. The extent to which these disorders share a common cognitive phenotype, however, has yet to be examined. This study sought to compare inhibitory control processes in individuals with PSP or TTM. METHODS Thirty-one subjects with PSP (mean age 31.2 ± 12.5 years; 93.5% female), 3...

Trichotillomania and Skin Picking Disorder: Different Kinds of OCD

Skin picking and trichotillomania in adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The objective of this study was to compare patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) associated with pathologic skin picking (PSP) and/or trichotillomania, and patients with OCD without such comorbidities, for demographic and clinical characteristics. We assessed 901 individuals with a primary diagnosis of OCD, using the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manua...