But rather than indulge in trichotillomania, do something about it. From Wordnik.com. [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference
I have a disorder called trichotillomania that causes me to pull out my eyebrows. From Wordnik.com. [Weddingbee] Reference
The 190-page book is a testimony of her life and her hair-pulling habit, called trichotillomania, or "trich.". From Wordnik.com. [MailTribune.com Latest Headlines] Reference
The BBC has a news story on the genetics of a disorder called trichotillomania compulsive hair-pulling that typifies the way genetics discoveries are reported in the media. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: October 2006 Archives] Reference
The disorder is called trichotillomania, and leaves sufferers with uncontrollable urges to pluck out the hair of their scalp, eyebrows and even eyelashes, often to the point of baldness. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
TUESDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- A common health-food supplement might help ease the urges of people with a compulsive hair-pulling disorder called trichotillomania, U.S. researchers report. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
Parrots compulsively pluck their own feathers; dogs repetitively lick a paw or other fixed spot; humans develop a condition known as trichotillomania, in which they pull out strands of their hair. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Say,did I tell you about my amazing recovery from trichotillomania?. From Wordnik.com. [And Now This Startling Admission « Whatever] Reference
Tethered also involves abuses old and new, and references a compulsive hair-pulling disorder called trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview: Amy MacKinnon, part 1] Reference
Hadn't I already heard this strange dialect from other people whose lives revolve around egomania and trichotillomania?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Cohen: Cast of MTV'S Jersey Shore: A Prequel to The Real Housewives of New Jersey?] Reference
Hadn\'t I already heard this strange dialect from other people whose lives revolve around egomania and trichotillomania?. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Cohen: Cast of MTV'S Jersey Shore: A Prequel to The Real Housewives of New Jersey?] Reference
Pathological gambling is similar to many other impulse control disorders such as kleptomania, pyromania, and trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [New morning ritual] Reference
She said: The SLITRK1 gene could be among many other genes that are likely interact with each other and environmental factors to trigger trichotillomania and other psychiatric conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: October 2006 Archives] Reference
They also may suffer from obsessively pulling out their hair (trichotillomania), preoccupation with their appearance (body dysmorphic disorder), and the belief that they have a medical illness (hypochondria). From Wordnik.com. [berrywine Diary Entry] Reference
I asked if it was trichotillomania, which I briefly new about. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
I also have trichotillomania (compulsively pull out my hair), anxiety. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
Julie Inglis, who suffers from trichotillomania, find the study fascinating. From Wordnik.com. [CTV News RSS Feed] Reference
Grant believes 2 to 4 percent of the general population is impacted by trichotillomania on some level. From Wordnik.com. [Health News from Medical News Today] Reference
Incidentally, there is a word for being crazed enough to pull one's own hair out; it's trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [OUPblog] Reference
When the procedure was performed in reverse, normal mice injected with abnormal Hoxb8 developed trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
Hair pulling from the scalp often leaves patchy bald spots, which people with trichotillomania may go to great lengths to disguise. From Wordnik.com. [All MayoClinic.com Topics] Reference
Grant theorizes that trichotillomania may be a kind of grooming irregularity that falls into the obsessive-compulsive family of disorders. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Our brains can give rise to all manner of odd psychiatric problems, but one of the strangest is trichotillomania - better known as hair-pulling. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
That's why trichotillomania - also called hair-pulling disorder, trich or pulling - can be so emotionally painful for people with the condition. From Wordnik.com. [All MayoClinic.com Topics] Reference
But in recent years, four studies that looked at SSRIs in the treatment of trichotillomania showed they are not effective in relieving the condition. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
But in recent years, four studies that have looked at SSRIs in the treatment of trichotillomania showed they are not effective in relieving the condition. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
By altering glutamate levels in a specific brain region, the authors suggest, N-Acetylcysteine may help trichotillomania patients control their compulsive behavior. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Alternative Medicine] Reference
Currently, most patients with trichotillomania are treated with psychotherapy or antidepressants, including selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors SSRIs, like Prozac. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Plagiarism in the age of the Internet medical condition trichotillomania (a compulsion to pull out your hair) that makes wearing a hat not merely beneficial but doctor-recommended. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
Some people with trichotillomania pull out not only hairs from their heads, but also from their pubic areas and armpits; as many as 20% eat their hair; a small minority pull other people's hairs. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Reduction in scores on a test designed to measure trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
Published this week in the prestigious Archives of General Psychiatry offers a simple new hope for trichotillomania sufferers. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
A paper published this week in the prestigious Archives of General Psychiatry offers a simple new hope for trichotillomania sufferers. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
I. e OCD, anxiety, trichotillomania, phobias etc. Whether born with it or not, and if it is developed, would that mean it could be avoided completly throughout a lifetime?. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Link to more information on trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: October 2006 Archives] Reference
This morning we defined trichotillomania. From Wordnik.com. [OUPblog] Reference
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