| dc.description.abstract | Self-inflicted dermatoses can cause severe tissue damage and distress
in social life, school or work. Largely classified as an impulse control
disorder, they are now considered as part of the obsessive-compulsive
spectrum disorder because they share features of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Also, because people with skin picking disorder and
trichotillomania are more likely to have OCD and other OC spectrum
disorders than people without them.
Even though some people may pick out of habit or boredom, they
often pick their skin or pull their hair in order to cope with negative
thoughts or emotions, such as anxiety, stress, tension, sadness or
anger. While picking, people may feel relief, but then they often feel
ashamed or guilty.
The right way to help these patients is that those professionals that
treat them know the new diagnosis framework and their specific
treatment. Therefore, we conducted a revision of the cutaneous
manifestations associated to these disorders, their etiopathogenic
mechanisms and their possible therapeutic approaches | en_US |
