Month: February 2010

Trichotillomania and Other Body-Focused Behaviors

Trichotillomania and Other Body-Focused Behaviors Trichotillomania (TTM). If you have heard this word before then you probably work with emotionally disturbed, autistic, or mentally retarded children, adolescents or adults. Trichotillomania is one of many obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD) with this population. Specifically, this disorder includes compulsive pulling of the hair, sometimes leaving bald spots on the…

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