The following post was authored by Emily Ricketts, Ph.D., a Clinical Specialist in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Body-focused repetitive ...

Trichotillomania, or hair-pulling disorder, is a body-focused repetitive behavior (BFRB) that often begins in childhood. While it is frequently associated with older children, adolescents, and adults, ...

Individuals who get easily bored, frustrated or impatient are more inclined to develop skin-picking and other body-focused repetitive behaviors, say researchers at the Institut universitaire en santé ...

Skin picking is often brushed off as a bad habit or a lack of willpower, but for many people it is neither simple nor voluntary. Dermatillomania, also known as excoriation disorder, is a clinically ...