Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania: Introduction

Trichotillomania: A mental disorder where a person feels compelled to pull out their own hair. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Trichotillomania is available below.

Symptoms of Trichotillomania

• Recurrent hair pulling
• Hair loss
• Bald patches
• Plucking of eyelashes
• Plucking of eyebrows
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 6 symptoms of Trichotillomania

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Trichotillomania:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
  • Adult ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Tests
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests
  • ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Test Kits
• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
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  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Trichotillomania: Complications

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Medical Textbooks Online about Trichotillomania

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Trichotillomania?

• Misdiagnosis of Trichotillomania
• Hidden causes of Trichotillomania (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Trichotillomania: Self Assessment Tools

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Trichotillomania: Medical Mistakes

• Concentration -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD (Adults) -- Health Mistakes
• Depression -- Health Mistakes
• Bipolar -- Health Mistakes
• Sleep Disorders -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Trichotillomania: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - Often remains undiagnosed through to adulthood.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Trichotillomania

Cluster of diseases with difficult diagnosis issues: There is a well-known list of medical conditions that are all somewhat difficult to diagnose, and all can present in a variety of different...read more »

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to...read more »

Alzheimer's disease over-diagnosed: The well-known disease of Alzheimer's disease is often over-diagnosed. Patients tend to assume that any memory loss or forgetulness symptom...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed, and indeed the condition has...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See ...read more »

Rare form of hair loss often misdiagnosed: a rare form of extreme hair loss called "Atrichia with papular lesions" (APL) is often misdiagnosed as alopecia totalis....read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression to be...read more »

Hair and scalp disorders misdiagnosed in African Americans: A higher than average percentage of misdiagnoses of hair or scalp disorders seem to occur in African...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Mental Health Specialists:
  • Psychiatry (Mental Health)
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Seniors Mental Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior Specialist)
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Forensic Psychiatry
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Trichotillomania

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Trichotillomania:

• Mental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Trichotillomania, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Trichotillomania: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Trichotillomania

Read more about causes of Trichotillomania.

More information about causes of Trichotillomania:

• Trichotillomania as a symptom

News Archives for Trichotillomania

Medical news articles related to Trichotillomania include:

• Psoriasis Drug Raptiva Pulled From U.S. Market
• Study Evaluates Laser Therapies for Hair Removal
• Parkinson's Drugs Again Linked to Compulsive Disorders
• Countdown to Hair Loss
• Compulsive Gamblers Don't Learn From Their Mistakes
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Trichotillomania

Patient Surveys for Trichotillomania

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Trichotillomania
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Reseach about Trichotillomania

Visit our research pages for current research about Trichotillomania treatments.

Clinical Trials for Trichotillomania

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Trichotillomania include:

• N-Acetyl Cysteine in Trichotillomania - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - N-Acetyl Cysteine
• Evaluation and Follow-up of Individuals With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related Conditions - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Pediatric Trichotillomania - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Olanzapine in the Treatment of Hair Pulling (Trichotillomania) - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Olanzapine
• Genetics of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 6 Clinical Trials for Trichotillomania

Statistics for Trichotillomania

• Medical statistics for Trichotillomania
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Trichotillomania
• Death and Mortality statistics for Trichotillomania
• Society statistics for Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania: Broader Related Topics

• Hair conditions
• Mental illness
• Impulse Control Disorders
• more types...»

Types of Trichotillomania

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Definitions of Trichotillomania:

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 Institutes of Health (NIH)