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Trichotillomania and Incest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ashok N. Singh  and
James Maguire
Ashok N. Singh*
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital
James Maguire
Affiliation:
St Brigid's Hospital, Ardee, Co. Louth, Ireland
*
∗St John's Hospital, Stone, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8PP
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Abstract

Trichotillomania is reported in a 33-year-old female victim of incest, with a possible causal connection.

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Brief Report
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 108 - 110
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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