trichotillomania /tricho·til·lo·ma·nia/ (-til″o-ma´ne-ah) compulsive pulling out of one's hair.
Trichotillomania
trichotillomania
trichotillomania
trich·o·til·lo·ma·ni·a (tr k  -tl -m  n -, -mny)n. A compulsion to pull out one's own hair. |
Trichotillomania
An impulse or compulsion to pull out one's own hair.
Mentioned in: Impulse Control Disorders
trichotillomania
[trik′ōtil′ōmā′nē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, thrix + tillein, to pull, mania, madness
an impulse disorder characterized by a desire to pull out one's hair, frequently seen in cases of severe mental retardation and delirium. Also called hair pulling, trichomania. See also trichologia. trichomanic, trichotillomanic, adj.
trichotillomania
a psychogenic dermatosis in which the animal pulls out its own hair; seen in cats.
trichotillomania
Hair-pulling, trichomania Psychiatry A chronic traction alopecia of childhood onset affecting adolescent and adult ♀, affecting ± 8 million–US; it is a disorder of impulse control, linked to tics, and habit
disorders–eg, thumb-sucking, attributed to psychodynamic conflicts Management Hypnosis, behavior mod, psychotherapy, IMAOs, amitriptyline, etc have been tried with varying degrees of failure; TCAs–eg, clomipramine, may be effective
short-term. See Obsessive compulsive disorder.
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