TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical Characteristics and Psychiatric Comorbidity in Children with Trichotillomania
AU - REEVE, ELIZABETH A.
AU - BERNSTEIN, GAIL A.
AU - CHRISTENSON, GARY A.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Ten children with trichotillomania (hair pulling) were sytematically evaluated with structured psychiatric interviews and rating scales assessing anxiety, depression, life events, self-esteem, and family functioning. Six of the subjects met diagnostic criteria for overanxious disorder on the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents—Revised—Child or Adolescent Version and/or Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents—Revised—Parent Version. Two met the criteria for dysthymia, including one of the subjects with overanxious disorder. No children reported associated obsessions or compulsions. Only one subject experienced tension before hair pulling and relief associated with hair pulling. The DSM-III-R criteria for trichotillomania, which currently require an increasing sense of tension before hair pulling and gratification with hair pulling, may be overly restrictive and in need of redefinition. Additional research with increased sample size is necessary to define diagnostic criteria for trichotillomania and clarify its relationship with other psychiatric diagnoses. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1992, 31, 1:132–138.
AB - Ten children with trichotillomania (hair pulling) were sytematically evaluated with structured psychiatric interviews and rating scales assessing anxiety, depression, life events, self-esteem, and family functioning. Six of the subjects met diagnostic criteria for overanxious disorder on the Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents—Revised—Child or Adolescent Version and/or Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents—Revised—Parent Version. Two met the criteria for dysthymia, including one of the subjects with overanxious disorder. No children reported associated obsessions or compulsions. Only one subject experienced tension before hair pulling and relief associated with hair pulling. The DSM-III-R criteria for trichotillomania, which currently require an increasing sense of tension before hair pulling and gratification with hair pulling, may be overly restrictive and in need of redefinition. Additional research with increased sample size is necessary to define diagnostic criteria for trichotillomania and clarify its relationship with other psychiatric diagnoses. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 1992, 31, 1:132–138.
KW - anxiety disorders
KW - hair pulling
KW - trichotillomania
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U2 - 10.1097/00004583-199201000-00020
DO - 10.1097/00004583-199201000-00020
M3 - Article
C2 - 1537764
AN - SCOPUS:0026607921
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 31
SP - 132
EP - 138
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -