trichotillomania

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Compulsive hair pulling could possibly be an indication of trichotillomania, which is basically a psychologically based response to stress that is emotionally triggered by negative stimulus such as fear, anger, anxiety or stress in general.

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  1. noun The compulsion to tear or pluck out the hair on one's head and face and often to ingest it.

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  • Grey matter abnormalities in trichotillomania: morphometric magnetic resonance imaging study. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • OCD and OCD spectrum disorders such as trichotillomania and skin picking. —  OUPblog
  • That's why trichotillomania - also called hair-pulling disorder, trich or pulling - can be so emotionally painful for people with the condition. —  All MayoClinic.com Topics
  • If you stop taking the medication, the effects of trichotillomania are still present and ongoing. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • Compulsive hair pulling could possibly be an indication of trichotillomania, which is basically a psychologically based response to stress that is emotionally triggered by negative stimulus such as fear, anger, anxiety or stress in general. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
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  1. tricho- + Greek tillein, to pluck hair + -mania.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek θρίξ (TRIX-), hair, + τιλλειν, pluck, + μανία, madness.
 

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/trɪkətɪləmeɪniə/
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