Trichotillomania

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hair, obsessive compulsive disorder

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• Trichotillomania isn't just a habit that a person can easily stop.
• All other causes of hair loss, including medical and dermatological problems, must be considered and ruled out before the diagnosis of trichotillomania is confirmed.
• What causes Trichotillomania? One view is that trichotillomania is an obsessive-compulsive disorder (sometimes called an impulse-control disorder) and as such is a form of 'nervous' illness.
• In psychiatry, trichotillomania is classified as an impulse control disorder, as are conditions such as compulsive gambling, kleptomania (compulsive stealing) and pyromania (compulsive fire-setting).

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