Auditory Hallucinations with an Unusual Content
Recurrent hair pulling resulting in hair loss, in the absence of a medical or another mental disorder is a diagnostic feature of trichotillomania. It is commonly seen in depression and many other psychiatric disorders. Trichotillomania rarely occurs as a co morbid condition in patients with schizo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Online Access: | https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/5901/12227_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(AGAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdf |
| Summary: | Recurrent hair pulling resulting in hair loss, in the absence of a medical or another mental disorder is a diagnostic feature of trichotillomania.
It is commonly seen in depression and many other psychiatric disorders. Trichotillomania rarely occurs as a co morbid condition in patients
with schizophrenia. Even rarer is recurrent hair pulling in response to psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia. We present the case of a young
adult male who presented with recurrent hair pulling due to command auditory hallucinations and discuss the salient differentiating features
of hair pulling seen in our patient and hair pulling in patients with trichotillomania. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |