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Are hair-pulling and skin-picking disorders linked to deeper beliefs formed in childhood? This study found that early ...

Teenagers (and occasionally younger children) can develop a habit of pulling their hair from their scalp, eyebrows, or eyelashes. This habit is known medically as trichotillomania and sometimes called ...

Trichotillomania is a chronic psychiatric disorder that causes people to repeatedly pull out their own hair. Not only does it result in alopecia with no other underlying causes but it can have ...

For many, this is a psychological issue that goes undiagnosed. Often passed off as a bad habit, trichotillomania can cause severe physical and psychological damage if untreated. Whether you or someone ...

Trichotillomania – also known as trich or hair pulling – is a condition where someone pulls out strands on their brows, lashes, head, or anywhere on their body. One of a group of conditions known as ...

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 ...