Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Trichotillomania may include:

• Habit reversal training
• Clomipramine
• Tricyclics antidepressants
• Acetylcysteine
• Fluoxetine
• SSRIs
• Prozac
• Hypnotherapy
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Definitions of Trichotillomania:

Trichotillomania: A compulsion to pull out one's own hair. [tricho- + G. tillo, pull out, + mania, insanity]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Compulsion to pull out one's hair.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Trichotillomania is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Trichotillomania, or a subtype of Trichotillomania, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
- (Source - National Institute of Health)

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