The Trichotillomania Treatment Guide: How To Finally Overcome Trichotillomania and Stop Hair Pulling For Life

By Christopher J. Perkins

Discover how to stop hair pulling for life !

If you have had enough of wearing hats to cover bald patches and feeling helpless or like you just can’t stop plucking out your own hair, then this is the book for you. You will find a simple yet powerful guide to help your improve your life.

The Mayo Clinic defines trichotillomania as the impulse to and the actual follow through with the act of pulling out one’s hair from one’s own head, eyebrows and other body parts in an excessive manner. Such excessive behaviors can have negative impacts on a person’s body, mind and social life, resulting in a reduced quality of life.

Thoroughly researched, this book is packed with information and proven steps and strategies on how to overcome trichotillomania.  Covering topics including the disorder’s causes, diagnosis, treatments as well as the research which has been conducted, this book will provide you key information and tips for curing trichotillomania, especially in children!

People with this affliction try to resist these urges to pluck out their own body hair but all too often meet with little success in these efforts.  This disorder varies in its level of severity from mild to severe, with the milder forms being easier to manage and live with.  However, the more severe the disorder, the harder it is for the afflicted person to manage it.  Accordingly, help is greatly needed and can be found within the pages of this book.

Here is a preview of what you will learn:

-> The clinical definition of trichotillomania is per the DSM-V of the American Psychiatric Association. 

-> The differenced by focused trichotillomania and automated trichotillomania. 

-> Causes and contributing factors which promote trichotillomania. 

-> Researching findings regarding the origins and onset of this disorder. 

-> The negative impact plucking out one’s hair can have on a person’s body, mind and overall quality of life. 

-> What people do with the plucked out hairs. 

-> The techniques which afflicted persons go to in order to cover the visual, physical and psychological effects of the plucking. 

-> How trichotillomania impacts children whom are afflicted at a 7 times greater rate than adults! 

-> Warning signs of trichotillomania in children and how to stop it.

This book will provide an in-depth explanation of trichotillomania, exploring its causes, how it can be properly diagnosed, summarizing much of the research which has been done on this disorder, and what treatments are available.  Accordingly, this book will help you to gain a better understanding of trichotillomania and how to address this disorder, leading to an improved quality of life.  

Learn how to stop trichotillomania for life!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christopher J. Perkins
• Release date: Mar 6, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524211523

Book preview

The Trichotillomania Treatment Guide: How To Finally Overcome Trichotillomania and Stop Hair Pulling For Life

Christopher J. Perkins

Published by Christopher J. Perkins, 2016.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The spectrum of trichotillomania

Chapter 2: Trichotillomania in Children

Chapter 3: The occurrence and impact of trichotillomania in daily life

Chapter 4: Diagnosis

Chapter 5: Treatment

Chapter 6: Special considerations when treating Children

Conclusion

Introduction

I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, The Trichotillomania Treatment Guide - How To Finally Overcome Trichotillomania and Stop Hair Pulling For Life.

This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to overcome trichotillomania. Covering topics including the disorder’s causes, diagnosis, treatments as well as the research which has been conducted, this book will provide you key information and tips for treating trichotillomania, especially in children.

The Mayo Clinic defines trichotillomania as the impulse to and the actual follow through with the act of pulling out one’s hair from one’s own head, eyebrows and other body parts in an excessive manner.¹ Pulling out one’s own hair can fall within the normal scope of behavior. After all, taking a set of tweezers to one’s eyebrows is a part of many women’s beauty routine and is not only perfectly normal, but is often encouraged by society. However, when plucking becomes excessive, this behavior leaves the range of what is considered normal. Such excessive behaviors can have negative impacts on a person’s body, mind and social life, resulting in a reduced quality of life.

People with