Pulling out hair when stressed or angry is a surprisingly common coping strategy. Many begin in adolescence, eventually having to wear wigs or hats to cover up the problem. This book acts as a self-help guide, offering cognitive-behavioural techniques and other treatment options.
Pulling out hair when stressed or angry is a surprisingly common coping strategy. Many begin in adolescence, eventually having to wear wigs or hats to cover up the problem. This book acts as a self-help guide, offering cognitive-behavioural techniques and other treatment options.
This definitive new self-help guide offers help to the millions of Americans who suffer from trichotillomania, an obsessive-compulsive disorder that leads them to pull out their hair.
Nancy J. Keuthen, PhD, is codirector of the Trichotillomania Clinic and chief psychologist of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital. She lives in Charlestown, MA. Her Web site is
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