Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature
Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiat...
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pubmed-34409192012-09-17 Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature Kumar, P. N. Suresh Rajmohan, V. Case Report Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiatric disorders are prevalent among patients with trichotillomania. Here we report a case of trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a 58-year-old man with schizophrenia. The various treatment options are also discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3440919/ /pubmed/22988332 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.99544 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature |
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Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature |
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Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature |
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Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature |
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Trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: Case report and review of literature |
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trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a schizophrenic patient: case report and review of literature |
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Trichotillomania is a disorder characterized by chronic hair pulling that often results in alopecia. Eating the part of hair pulled out is a common practice and trichorhizophagia is a new term to denote the habit of eating the root of hairs pulled out, associated with trichotillomania. Many psychiatric disorders are prevalent among patients with trichotillomania. Here we report a case of trichotillomania with trichorhizophagia in a 58-year-old man with schizophrenia. The various treatment options are also discussed. |
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