J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.
2009 Oct;20(3):158-164.
Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Trichotillomania
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. paperose@dku.edu
- 2Clinical Psychology Lab, Dankook Medical Center, Cheonan, Korea.
- 3C& U Dermatology Clinic, Daejeon, Korea.
Abstract
- Trichotillomania is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by repetitive pulling out of one's hair. We present a trichotillomania case study illustrating the effectiveness of habit reversal training, which has recently been found, in western countries, to be a very effective cognitive behavioral treatment. The refractory patient in our study had previously received 1 year of drug treatment and psychiatric consultation for the disorder. We administered 10 habit reversal training sessions, which was followed by an obvious improvement in the patient's trichotillomania symptoms. Our observations indicate that habit reversal training might be effective in the treatment of trichotillomania.
