Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Trichotillomania.
- Author:
Hwan Il CHO
1
;
Jin A DO
;
Yeon Soo KIM
;
Myung Ho LIM
;
Hyun Woo KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. paperose@dku.edu
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Trichotillomania;
Cognitive Behavior Therapy;
Habit Reversal
- MeSH:
Cognitive Therapy;
Hair;
Humans;
Trichotillomania
- From:Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2009;20(3):158-164
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Trichotillomania is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by repetitive pulling out of one's hair. We present a trichotillomania case study illustrating the effectiveness of habit reversal training, which has recently been found, in western countries, to be a very effective cognitive behavioral treatment. The refractory patient in our study had previously received 1 year of drug treatment and psychiatric consultation for the disorder. We administered 10 habit reversal training sessions, which was followed by an obvious improvement in the patient's trichotillomania symptoms. Our observations indicate that habit reversal training might be effective in the treatment of trichotillomania.
