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I have a daughter who has Trichotillomania. It is a body focused behavior where she pulls her hair out.?
We have taken her to Dr., put her on meds, therapist, etc. Nothing works and there is no cure for this disorder. Have you ever heard of it and do you have any answers? She is 13 and has had this since she was 8. She also pulls her lashes and brows. Doctors don’t even know how to treat it. It something that she has to fight everyday and she says it is so hard not to pull when she gets the urge which is often. Help!
Habit Reversal Training or HRT, has been shown to be a successful adjunct to medication as a way to treat it.With Habit Reversal Training, doctors train the individual to learn to recognize their impulse to pull and also teach them to redirect this impulse. As a part of the behavioral record-keeping component of Tritch, patients are often instructed to keep a journal of their hair-pulling episodes. They may be asked to record the date, time, location, and number of hairs pulled, as well what they are thinking or feeling at the time. This can help the patient learn to identify situations where they commonly pull out their hair and develop strategies for avoiding episodes
Stop Trichotillomania- Hair Pulling Disorder
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The Hair Pulling Habit and You: How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle, Revised Edition $18.74 Shows young people how to break their hair pulling habit by identifying trigger situations, developing resistance strategies, charting progress, modifying environments, motivating themselves, and staying with the program. Advice for therapists and parents, too…. |