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Konstantinos Kontoangelos1, Theodora Zafeiropoulou2, Argyro Anna Karamparpa2
1First Psychiatry Department, Eginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GRC.
Abstract:
Trichotillomania is a disorder of chronic hair pulling classified as an impulse control disorder that causes essential stress and leads to difficulties in functionality and severe alopecia. This is the case of a 43-year-old male without a serious medical history who was hospitalized with a large ulcerated plaque with smooth margins covering almost the entire occipital area. He received antibiotic and antidepressant treatment, after which he appeared to be improving. Psychotherapy with behavioral techniques and medication treatment may be effective. The case of a patient with trichotillomania is presented as psychiatric comorbidities on treatment outcomes.
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