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trichotillomania: a standalone construct

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Psychiatry

recurrent pulling out of one's own hair that leads to hair loss and that the person repeatedly tries and fails to stop.

In psychiatry, trichotillomania refers to recurrent pulling out of one's own hair that leads to hair loss and that the person repeatedly tries and fails to stop. This meaning comes from Christenson (1991) in American Journal of Psychiatry.[1]

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References

Christenson, G. A., Mackenzie, T. B., & Mitchell, J. E. (1991). Characteristics of 60 adult chronic hair pullers. American Journal of Psychiatry, 148(3), 365-370. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.148.3.365

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