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Pulling your hair out in geriatric psychiatry: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2017

Mairead M. Bartley ,
Maria I. Lapid  and
Jon E. Grant
Mairead M. Bartley
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Maria I. Lapid*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Jon E. Grant
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Maria Lapid, MD, Geriatric Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55902, USA. Phone: 507-284-4159; Fax: 507-284-4158. Email: lapid.maria@mayo.edu.
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Abstract

Trichotillomania is a relatively understudied psychiatric disorder. Even less is known about this disorder in the elderly. We describe an unusual case of an elderly woman presenting for the first time with trichotillomania at age 70 and highlight the treatment complexities we encountered.

Keywords

psychogeriatricsbehavioral therapy
Type
Case Reports
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2017 , pp. 691 - 694
Copyright
Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2017 

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