Trichotillomania

Dan J. Stein; Bavanisha Vythilingum; Soraya Seedat; Brian H. Harvey

doi:10.1201/9780203911877-17

Trichotillomania

Dan J. Stein, Bavanisha Vythilingum, Soraya Seedat, Brian H. Harvey

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Abstract

Hair-pulling is a behavior that has been described since antiquity. The Bible includes a passage in which the prophet Ezra pulls out his hair, and Homer, Shakespeare, and many others have written about hair-pulling in the context of frustration or grief (1). Such depictions are arguably consistent with the symbolic value of hair; hair classically denotes beauty and power, so that loss of hair correspondingly signiﬁes a range of themes involving aggression and sexuality (2).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Psychocutaneous Medicine
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	203-214
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780203911877
ISBN (Print)	9780824709792
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203911877-17
State	Published - 1 Jan 2003
Externally published	Yes

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