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Trichotillomania (TTM), also known as hair-pulling disorder or compulsive hair pulling, is a mental disorder characterized by a long-term urge that results in the pulling out of one's own hair. [2] [4] A brief positive feeling may occur as hair is removed. [5] Efforts to stop pulling hair typically fail.
Habit reversal training (HRT) is a "multicomponent behavioral treatment package originally developed to address a wide variety of repetitive behavior disorders". [1] Behavioral disorders treated with HRT include tics, trichotillomania, nail biting, thumb sucking, skin picking, temporomandibular disorder (TMJ), lip-cheek biting and stuttering.
This is a list of psychiatric medications used by psychiatrists and other physicians to treat mental illness or distress. The list is ordered alphabetically according to the condition or conditions, then by the generic name of each medication. The list is not exhaustive and not all drugs are used regularly in all countries.
Then there’s trichotillomania, a mental disorder characterized by the frequent urge to pull hair from the scalp. Medications Certain medications can cause hair loss , including:
Psychotherapy has been widely used in the treatment of trichotillomania and trichophagia, with evidence supporting cognitive behavioral therapy, habit-reversal training, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as being effective treatments.
The drugs that can cause hair loss include antihypertensive medications (such as ACE inhibitors or beta-blockers), cancer medications, statins, anticoagulants, antidepressants and medications that ...
Clomipramine, sold under the brand name Anafranil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). [7] It is used in the treatment of various conditions, most notably obsessive–compulsive disorder but also many other disorders, including hyperacusis, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, trichotillomania, [8] body dysmorphic disorder [9] [10] [11] and chronic pain. [7]
Reviews of treatment of excoriation disorder have shown that the following medications may be effective in reducing picking behavior: doxepin, clomipramine, naltrexone, pimozide, and olanzapine. [8] Small studies of fluoxetine , an SSRI, in treating excoriation disorder showed that the drug reduced certain aspects of skin picking compared with ...