2005 suplement 1

Back

Volume 14, suplement 1

Case report

Trichotillomania

ELŻBIETA TRYPKA1, PRZEMYSŁAW PACAN1, SYLWIA LEDZIŃSKA2
1. Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu
2. SPZOZ we Wrocławiu
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2005; 14 (supl. 1/20): 120-106
Keywords: trichotillomania, therapy

Abstract

Objective. Trichotillomania, a rare disorder of impulse control, consists in compulsive pulling out one 's hair which results in a noticeable hair loss.

Case. A 52-year-old woman with symptoms of trichotillomania.

Commentary. In the treatment of trichotillomania mostly selective inhibitors of serotonin reuptake are used. Trichotillomania may be also effectively treated with olanzapine.

Address for correspondence:
Dr Przemysław Pacan, Katedra i Klinika Psychiatrii Akademii Medycznej, ul. Pasteura 10, 50-367 Wrocław, e-mail: pacanp@psych.am.wroc.pl