Trichotillomania is defined as a compulsion to pull-out strands of hair from the head, sometimes from the pubic area. This symptom arises as a part of symptom complexes in a variety of psychiatric disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, de...
Trichotillomania is defined as a compulsion to pull-out strands of hair from the head, sometimes from the pubic area. This symptom arises as a part of symptom complexes in a variety of psychiatric disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, borderline personality, mental retardation and schizophrenic disorder.
The authors experienced a case of trichotillomania, an isolated symptom as a part of obsessive compulsive disorder in a 8 year old boy. Several literatures were reviewed and psychiatric aspects of trichotillomania were discussed. For the treatment of this patient, haloperidol and supportive psychotherapy had been tried and been proven effective.