Trichotillomania

05/01/2003 - "Behavioral therapy is highly effective for reducing symptoms of trichotillomania in the short term, whereas fluoxetine is not."
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."

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."

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."

05/01/2003 - "Both behavioral therapy (BT) and serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been reported effective in the treatment of 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. "
01/01/1997 - "Previous trials of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in the treatment of trichotillomania have provided conflicting data. "
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). "

01/01/1998 - "The implications of the efficacy of venlafaxine in trichotillomania are discussed, including its important advantages over other available antidepressant and anxiolytic medications."
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."

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."

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 - "This open-label study is the first to systematically evaluate an atypical neuroleptic, olanzapine, as a monotherapy in the treatment of 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."
01/01/2015 - "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. "
01/01/2015 - "Treatment of puberty trichotillomania with low-dose aripiprazole."

01/01/1997 - "Furthermore, the efficacy of citalopram, the most selective of the SSRIs, in trichotillomania has not previously been documented. "
01/01/2007 - "Escitalopram treatment for 12 weeks led to significant improvement of trichotillomania in some patients in this small open-label trial."
01/01/1997 - "Citalopram appears to be safe in trichotillomania, and it may be effective in a subset of patients. "
01/01/2007 - "Twenty women meeting the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV-Text revision criteria for trichotillomania participated in a 12-week open-label trial of treatment with escitalopram 10-30 mg/day. "
01/01/2007 - "Escitalopram treatment of trichotillomania."

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 therapy and pharmacotherapy studies in trichotillomania should employ larger sample sizes and intention-to-treat analysis and seek to validate clinical rating scales of trichotillomania severity."
06/01/2005 - "Pharmacotherapy for trichotillomania (TTM) is not well established, due to a paucity of positive, controlled, long-term studies. "
01/01/1997 - "The pharmacotherapy of trichotillomania deserves further study."
04/01/2015 - "Cognitive-behavioral therapy shows promise as a treatment for trichotillomania and might be preferable to pharmacotherapy. "
12/01/2014 - "Pharmacotherapy of trichotillomania (hair pulling disorder): an updated systematic review."

10/01/2003 - "Hypnosis as a vehicle for choice and self-agency in the treatment of children with Trichotillomania."
10/01/1996 - "This report presents five cases of trichotillomania in which self-monitoring, dissociative hypnotic techniques, and self-hypnosis (relaxation/mental imagery) practice were used in teaching children successful management of this vexing problem. "
01/01/1981 - "The adjunctive use of hypnosis in the treatment of trichotillomania: a case report."
03/01/2000 - "A wide spectrum of dermatologic disorders may be improved or cured using hypnosis as an alternative or complementary therapy, including acne excoriée, alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma, dyshidrotic dermatitis, erythromelalgia, furuncles, glossodynia, herpes simplex, hyperhidrosis, ichthyosis vulgaris, lichen planus, neurodermatitis, nummular dermatitis, postherpetic neuralgia, pruritus, psoriasis, rosacea, trichotillomania, urticaria, verruca vulgaris, and vitiligo. "

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. "
04/01/2014 - "Those of trichotillomania and traction alopecia were broken hairs. "
10/01/2005 - "Hallopeau, a French dermatologist, coined the term trichotillomania (TM) to describe alopecia (baldness) caused by self-traction of the hair, but the term now encompasses the entire syndrome of pathological hair-pulling. "
02/01/1991 - "Trichotillomania is a form of traction alopecia resulting from compulsive repetitive removal of one's own hair. "
03/01/2006 - "This report reviews the histopathologic findings of four common types of noncicatricial alopecia: androgenetic alopecia, telogen effluvium, alopecia areata, and trichotillomania/chronic traction alopecia."

11/01/2007 - "Laser hair removal as an option for treatment of trichotillomania: a case report."
05/28/2010 - "Mouse Hoxb8 mutants show unexpected behavior manifested by compulsive grooming and hair removal, similar to behavior in humans with the obsessive-compulsive disorder spectrum disorder trichotillomania. "

12/01/2015 - "Adults with trichotillomania (N=69) participated in a randomized controlled trial of psychotherapy and were assessed before and after treatment. "
06/01/1992 - "Six patients with either obsessive compulsive disorder, trichotillomania, anxiety, or affective disorders who suffered sexual side effects after treatment with serotonin reuptake blockers were given yohimbine on a p.r.n. "