Trichotillomania: A mental disorder where a person feels compelled to pull out their own hair. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Trichotillomania is available below.
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Compulsion to pull out one's hair. - (Source - Diseases Database)
An irresistible urge to pull out your own hair - (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Trichotillomania is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Trichotillomania, or a subtype of Trichotillomania,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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