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The recognition and treatment of pathological skin picking: a potential neurobiological underpinning of the efficacy of pharmacotherapy in impulse control disorders.

Abstract
Pathological skin picking is an impulse control disorder that causes significant anxiety and disfigurement to those afflicted. Standard therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor provides variable and often suboptimal responses. We report a case of pathological skin picking treated with paliperidone, a 5-HT2/D2 antagonist.
AuthorsDavid R Spiegel, Lindsey Finklea
JournalPsychiatry (Edgmont (Pa. : Township)) (Psychiatry (Edgmont)) Vol. 6 Issue 2 Pg. 38-42 (Feb 2009) ISSN: 1550-5952 [Print] United States
PMID19724747 (Publication Type: Case Reports)

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