Trichotillomania

03/30/2022 - "Among drug classes, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors were the most effective with a 79% (11/14) complete remission rate and 43% (9/21) partial remission rate in patients with comorbid depression, anxiety, or trichotillomania. "
11/01/2014 - "Few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) exist examining the efficacy of behavior therapy (BT) or serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs) for the treatment of trichotillomania (TTM), with no examination of treatment moderators. "
01/01/2019 - "Conversely, some first-line treatments used for OCD (e.g., selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) appear ineffective for trichotillomania. "
11/01/2014 - "Treating trichotillomania: a meta-analysis of treatment effects and moderators for behavior therapy and serotonin reuptake inhibitors."
08/01/2011 - "Serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been disappointing in the treatment of trichotillomania (TTM). "

07/01/2009 - "This study, the first to our knowledge that examines the efficacy of a glutamatergic agent in the treatment of trichotillomania, found that N-acetylcysteine demonstrated statistically significant reductions in trichotillomania symptoms. "
07/01/2009 - "Patients assigned to receive N-acetylcysteine had significantly greater reductions in hair-pulling symptoms as measured using the Massachusetts General Hospital Hair Pulling Scale (P < .001) and the Psychiatric Institute Trichotillomania Scale (P = .001). "
03/01/2013 - "To examine the efficacy of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for the treatment of pediatric trichotillomania (TTM) in a double-blind, placebo-controlled, add-on study. "
10/01/2015 - "We conducted follow-up clinical assessments an average of 2.8 ± 0.8 years after baseline evaluation in 30 of 39 children who previously participated in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) for pediatric trichotillomania. "
03/01/2013 - "N-Acetylcysteine in the treatment of pediatric trichotillomania: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled add-on trial."

01/01/1993 - "Treatment with low-dosage fluoxetine (10 mg daily) led to marked improvement of both trichotillomania and depression."
08/01/1995 - "The authors' objective was to determine the efficacy of fluoxetine at high doses for the treatment of trichotillomania in a long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial. "
05/01/2003 - "Patients in the BT group showed a significantly greater reduction in trichotillomania symptoms, higher effect sizes (Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale: BT, 3.80; fluoxetine, 0.42; and WL, 1.09), and more clinically significant changes (BT, 64%; fluoxetine, 9%; and WL, 20%) than patients in the fluoxetine and WL groups. "
08/01/1995 - "The efficacy of fluoxetine in the treatment of trichotillomania was not demonstrated in this study."
08/01/1995 - "A long-term, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of the efficacy of fluoxetine for trichotillomania."

04/01/1992 - "Neuroleptics may play a role in the treatment of TS as well as refractory OCD, and the question arises whether this also holds for trichotillomania. "
08/01/2000 - "We present three patients with excoriated acne, self-induced skin ulcers, and trichotillomania, respectively, whose symptoms responded favorably to a 2- to 4-week course of the atypical antipsychotic olanazpine at a dosage of 2.5 to 5.0 mg daily. "
05/01/2009 - "There are also suggested benefits for several atypical antipsychotics in disorders with a high degree of impulsivity, including trichotillomania and pathological gambling, and to a lesser extent, kleptomania and psychogenic excoriation. "
01/01/2003 - "This open-label study is the first to systematically evaluate an atypical neuroleptic, olanzapine, as a monotherapy in the treatment of trichotillomania. "
01/01/2002 - "The case report describes a favorable clinical response of a 33-year-old female veteran with trichotillomania to the atypical antipsychotic quetiapine. "

08/24/1989 - "We conclude that clomipramine appears to be effective in the short-term treatment of trichotillomania."
01/01/2000 - "This study examines the efficacy of CBT and clomipramine compared with placebo in the treatment of trichotillomania. "
01/01/2000 - "Twenty-three patients with trichotillomania as determined by the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R entered and 16 completed a 9-week, placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel-treatment study of CBT and clomipramine. "
01/01/2000 - "A placebo-controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy and clomipramine in trichotillomania."
05/01/1994 - "This model is consistent with the extant literature and suggests that future clinical trials of clomipramine for trichotillomania, in both developmentally disabled and normal subjects, must evaluate this multimodal approach."

10/01/2010 - "Olanzapine seems to be a safe and effective treatment for primary DSM-IV trichotillomania. "
10/01/2010 - "Twenty-five participants with DSM-IV trichotillomania participated in a 12-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of flexible-dose olanzapine for trichotillomania. "
10/01/2010 - "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of olanzapine in the treatment of trichotillomania."
01/01/2003 - "Twenty-one patients were screened and 18 patients were enrolled in a 3-month open-label study of olanzapine for trichotillomania (diagnosis based on modified DSM-IV criteria). "
01/01/2003 - "An open-label, flexible-dose study of olanzapine in the treatment of trichotillomania."

05/01/1996 - "and second, are psychopharmacological treatment strategies, in particular serotonin reuptake blockers, effective in the treatment of trichotillomania? "
12/01/2010 - "We formulated a diet that elevated brain serotonin and tested whether it would reduce hair pulling in a mouse model of trichotillomania. "
09/01/1994 - "The human condition known as trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling) has considerable similarities with an avian disorder called feather picking, with respect to analogous behavior, proposed etiologies, evoking cues, response to behavior therapy, and response to pharmacological treatments based on serotonin re-uptake inhibitors. "
04/01/1992 - "Patients with trichotillomania were treated in open clinical practice with serotonin reuptake blockers. "
01/01/1992 - "This suggests that central serotonin turnover is specifically relevant to treatment response to serotonin re-uptake inhibitors in trichotillomania."

08/01/2011 - "This small open-label study suggests that aripiprazole is a promising treatment for the treatment of trichotillomania. "
11/01/2011 - "The efficacy of low-dose aripiprazole treatment for trichotillomania."
08/01/2011 - "Open-label trial of aripiprazole in the treatment of trichotillomania."
01/01/2018 - "Trichotillomania Associated With Aripiprazole: A Case Report."
01/01/2015 - "The present case is of a 14-year-old female with trichotillomania (TTM) that was treated with a low dose of aripiprazole (ARP) 1.5 mg/day. "

01/01/1998 - "Venlafaxine was effective in significantly reducing the symptoms of trichotillomania; 8 of 12 patients were considered responders. "
01/01/1998 - "This article reports the preliminary findings of a two-phase trial examining the efficacy of venlafaxine in trichotillomania. "
01/01/1998 - "Phase 1 is a 12-week, open-label, prospective trial of venlafaxine in trichotillomania. "
01/01/1998 - "A controlled trial of venlafaxine in trichotillomania: interim phase I results."
01/01/2000 - "Suggestive evidence, mostly from open label case series, indicates efficacy of venlafaxine in several other conditions including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, trichotillomania, ADHD, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia. "

08/01/1997 - "The present study examined the efficacy of fluvoxamine in the treatment of trichotillomania (TM) and coexistent clinical features. "
08/01/1997 - "Fluvoxamine treatment of trichotillomania."
10/01/2000 - "In addition, treatment with fluvoxamine < or = 300 mg/day for > or = 8 weeks improved symptoms of social phobia (social anxiety disorder), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), pathological gambling, compulsive buying, trichotillomania, kleptomania, body dysmorphic disorder, eating disorders and autistic disorder. "
04/01/2001 - "A case of resistant trichotillomania treated with risperidone-augmented fluvoxamine."

10/15/2007 - "Future studies on trichotillomania should seek to determine if HRT can demonstrate efficacy against more rigorous control conditions that account for non-specific effects of therapy and determine if HRT can be an effective intervention for trichotillomania beyond the few sites where it is currently practiced in research studies. "
03/01/2013 - "This trial highlights the importance of referring children with TTM to appropriate behavioral therapy before initiating pharmacological interventions, as behavioral therapy has demonstrated efficacy in both children and adults with trichotillomania."
01/01/2018 - "Habit Reversal Therapy (HRT) is helpful for many persons suffering from trichotillomania. "
01/01/2023 - "The current study used data from a randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of acceptance-enhanced behavior therapy (AEBT) to psychoeducation plus supportive therapy (PST; active control) for trichotillomania in an adult sample. "
10/01/2022 - "In total, 24.9% of the entire sample of people with lifetime trichotillomania reported that they no longer had symptoms of trichotillomania and had never received therapy or medication treatment for it (i.e. "

03/01/1994 - "At least three reports also suggest that behavior therapy and pharmacotherapy bring some improvement in childhood trichotillomania, although this has not been empirically studied. "
06/01/2005 - "Pharmacotherapy for trichotillomania (TTM) is not well established, due to a paucity of positive, controlled, long-term studies. "
01/01/2021 - "Pharmacotherapy for trichotillomania."
08/01/2020 - "Treating trichotillomania with pharmacotherapy is complicated since there are currently no FDA-approved drugs for its treatment. "
08/01/2020 - "Pharmacotherapy for trichotillomania in adults."

10/01/2003 - "Hypnosis as a vehicle for choice and self-agency in the treatment of children with Trichotillomania."
07/01/2001 - "This paper reports on three adolescents with pure trichotillomania who responded to the imaginative hypnotherapy technique with Ericksonian suggestions. "
07/01/2001 - "Hypnotherapy in adolescents with trichotillomania: three cases."
04/01/1999 - "In conclusion, hypnotherapy may be considered as a primary treatment modality for trichotillomania in children without associated emotional disorders."
04/01/1999 - "Three children with trichotillomania were treated using a hypnotherapy technique. "

12/01/2017 - "Results for biofeedback were as follows: Several case reports have suggested the value of biofeedback in reducing tics, which bear some psychophysiological similarities to body-focused repetitive behaviors, such as trichotillomania and excoriation disorder. "
12/01/2017 - "Conclusions • The review indicates that yoga, aerobic exercise, acupuncture, biofeedback, hypnosis, and inositol and N-acetylcysteine all show promise in the treatment of excoriation disorder and other body-focused repetitive behaviors, such as trichotillomania. "

10/01/2013 - "Other common causes of hair loss were observed in this study, these include chronic diffuse form of hair loss, trichotillomania, and traction alopecia. "
01/01/2023 - "The clinical diagnostic spectrum was topped by the following diagnoses in order of frequency: female pattern hair loss, telogen effluvium, traction alopecia, and trichotillomania. "
09/01/2019 - "We also came across interesting cases of plica neuropathica (PN) 4%, trichotillomania 2%, and traction alopecia 6%, apart from a list of other disorders noted. "
03/01/2019 - "Trichotillomania is a form of traction alopecia resulting from repetitive and compulsive hair pulling and plucking. "
07/01/2018 - "The trichoscopic features of traction alopecia were similar to those of trichotillomania. "