Open AccessNatural recovery in trichotillomania
Author(s) -
Jon E. Grant,
Samuel R. Chamberlain
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1440-1614
pISSN - 0004-8674
DOI - 10.1177/00048674211066004
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry , distress , population , comorbidity , panic , confounding , panic disorder , anxiety disorder , clinical psychology , medicine , anxiety , environmental health
Trichotillomania is characterized by repetitive pulling out of one's hair, leading to distress and/or functional impairment. Long considered a chronic condition if left untreated (albeit with fluctuating intensity), there have been intimations that the disorder may be of limited duration in some people.