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The pain of pulling out hair stimulates the lust center of the brain. Treatment is similar to treatment of substance addiction, stopping the damaging behaviour and learn to recognize the hidden anxiety causing it.
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Independent medical expert answers on psychiatry and psychology
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- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, DC (1994). DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS: DSM-IV, 4TH ED. P.618-621 Trichotillomania.
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The clinical experience of
Gunborg Palme, certified psychologist and certified psychotherapist, teacher and tutor in psychotherapy.
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