Trichotillomania is defined as a compulsion to pull-out strands of hair from the head, sometimes from the pubic area. This symptom arises as a part of symptom complexes in a variety of psychiatric disorders such as obsessive compulsive disorder, depression, borderline personality, mental retardation and schizophrenic disorder. The authors experienced a case of trichotillomania, an isolated symptom as a part of obsessive compulsive disorder in a 8 year old boy. Several literatures were reviewed and psychiatric aspects of trichotillomania Were discussed. For the treatment of this patient,haloperidol and supportive psychotherapy, had been tried and been proven effective.
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