Trichotillomania (hair pulling) in toddlers |
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Authors: | Wright Harry H Holmes George R |
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Institution: | University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Columbia 29208, USA. |
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Abstract: | Although the clinical diagnosis of trichotillomania has been observed for more than a century, not until the last decade has there been a focus on this diagnosis in early childhood. This small case series focuses on the clinical evaluation of 10 toddlers, average of 26 mo., presenting at a specialty child and adolescent psychiatry clinic with hair pulling. Authors suggest that hair pulling in this age group might better be conceptualized as an anxiety disorder. |
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