Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy in Trichotillomania

발모광 아동에서 인지행동치료

  • Cho, Hwan-Il (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Do, Jin-A (Clinical Psychology Lab, Dankook Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Yeon-Soo (C&U Dermatology Clinic) ;
  • Lim, Myung-Ho (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-Woo (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Dankook University)
  • 조환일 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 도진아 (단국대학교 의료원 임상심리실) ;
  • 김연수 (씨앤유 피부과) ;
  • 임명호 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김현우 (단국대학교 의과대학 정신과학교실)
  • Received : 2009.05.11
  • Accepted : 2009.07.02
  • Published : 2009.10.30
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Abstract

Trichotillomania is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by repetitive pulling out of one's hair. We present a trichotillomania case study illustrating the effectiveness of habit reversal training, which has recently been found, in western countries, to be a very effective cognitive behavioral treatment. The refractory patient in our study had previously received 1 year of drug treatment and psychiatric consultation for the disorder. We administered 10 habit reversal training sessions, which was followed by an obvious improvement in the patient's trichotillomania symptoms. Our observations indicate that habit reversal training might be effective in the treatment of trichotillomania.

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