Anxiety and Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Comorbidity Rates and Symptom Associations

KE Barber, IF Cram, EC Smith, LK Capel… - Journal of Psychiatric …, 2024 - Elsevier
Body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) disorders, including hair pulling disorder
(trichotillomania [TTM]) and skin picking disorder (SPD), frequently co-occur with anxiety …

Review of management considerations for excoriation disorder in older adults

MJ Mandarino, L Stummer, AF Trueba, I Vahia… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Narrative Abstract Excoriation disorder (ED) is defined as compulsive skin picking that
results in skin damage and emotional distress. Optimal management of ED includes …

Self-help habit replacement in individuals with body-focused repetitive behaviors: a proof-of-concept randomized clinical trial

S Moritz, D Penney, F Missmann, S Weidinger… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs; eg, skin picking) encompass a set of
conditions at the interface of dermatology and psychiatry/psychology. The disorder is …

Prevalence of body-focused repetitive behaviors in a diverse population sample–rates across age, gender, race and education

S Moritz, J Scheunemann, L Jelinek… - Psychological …, 2024 - cambridge.org
BackgroundPrevalence estimates for body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as
trichotillomania differ greatly across studies owing to several confounding factors (eg …

[HTML][HTML] Patterns of skin picking in skin picking disorder: ecological momentary assessment study

C Gallinat, M Moessner, M Wilhelm, N Keuthen… - Interactive Journal of …, 2024 - i-jmr.org
Background: Skin picking disorder (SPD) is an understudied mental illness that is classified
as a body-focused repetitive behavior disorder. Literature suggests that pathological skin …

An Idionomic Network Analysis of Trichotillomania Treatment Processes: Gathering Group-level and Individual-level Insights to Inform a Personalized Therapeutic …

MG Woolley, BK Sahdra, EM Bowers, LK Capel… - Behavior Therapy, 2025 - Elsevier
Trichotillomania, characterized by repetitive hair-pulling, leads to significant distress and
impairment. Heterogeneity in symptom profiles challenges the effectiveness of treatment …

Psychosocial Treatment of Trichotillomania: A Review

LK Capel, MG Woolley, MP Twohig - Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2024 - Elsevier
Trichotillomania can be an impactful disorder, yet compared to a multitude of diagnoses,
intervention research on trichotillomania is notably underdeveloped. There have been a …

[HTML][HTML] Aging impaired locomotor and biochemical activities in Drosophila melanogaster Oregon R (fruit fly) model

AO Yusuf, B Danborno, ZM Bauchi, D Sani… - Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite advancements in healthcare and increased lifespan, aging populations face
numerous challenges, including declining cognitive function, increased susceptibility to …

Clinical Characteristics, Sleep, and Temperament in Infants and Young Children with Problematic Hair Pulling and Skin Picking

K Pendo, VS Swisher, TY Leman, AJ Rissman… - Cognitive Therapy and …, 2024 - Springer
Background This study examined clinical characteristics of problematic hair pulling (HP) and
skin picking (SP) in infants and young children and their association with self-soothing …

Defining Compulsive Skin Picking Subgroups Based on Emotional Response Patterns and Data-Driven Methodology

A De Nadai - Cognitive Therapy and Research, 2024 - Springer
Background While behavioral treatment for compulsive skin picking (CSP) is frequently
effective, treatment response is often incomplete. This may be due in part to heterogeneity in …