Trichotillomania: Pulling Out One’s Hair
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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DSM-5 lists trichotillomania as an obsessive-compulsive-related disorder. Focusing on a young woman with this disorder, this video explores the nature, causes, and treatments of trichotillomania, a disorder in which individuals repeatedly pull out their hair. In the video, you'll see the young woman undergo an intervention which seems to result in significant improvement.
1. Liz, the woman in the video, described her trichotillomania behavior as a(n) _____________.
2. Liz explained that her hair pulling does each of the following, except:
3. In the video, University of Utah researchers found that _____________.
4. The textbook points out that exposure and response prevention is a useful treatment for OCD and OCD-related disorders. In Liz’s case, response prevention was made possible by ______________.
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