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Prevalence, gender correlates, and co-morbidity of trichotillomania
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Trichotillomania is a mental health condition characterized by repetitive pulling out of one's hair, often leading to functional impairment and/or distress. A convenience sampling of 10,169 adults, aged 18-69 years, representative of the general US population, completed a survey to establish occurrence of trichotillomania, other mental health concerns, and impact of the illness. 175 (1.7%) identified as having current trichotillomania. Rates of trichotillomania did not differ significantly based on gender (1.8% of males and 1.7% of females). The mean age of onset for trichotillomania was 17.7 years. The mean age of onset differed significantly for males (mean 19.0 years) versus females (mean 14.8 years (p = 0.020). The average amount of distress reported due to trichotillomania was relatively high, and 79% of people with trichotillomania had one or more mental health comorbidities, the most common being anxiety/depressive disorders, OCD, PTSD, and ADHD. This study suggests trichotillomania is relatively common in the general population and typically characterized by moderate-high distress and high rates of comorbidity.
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- Authors
- Grant, J. E., Dougherty, D. D., & Chamberlain, S. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Grant, Jon E.
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-06
- Volume
- 288
- Pages
- 112948
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7212053
- OpenAlex
- W3016880866
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 32 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 65 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 10.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- Apollo (University of Cambridge) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Apollo (cc-by)
- Funders
- American Psychiatric Publishing
- Wellcome Trust (049/Z/15/Z, 110,049/Z/15/Z, /Z/15/Z, 110049)
- University of Oxford
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Hair Growth and Disorders
- Keywords
- trichotillomania, prevalence, gender differences, age of onset, comorbidities, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, distress, adults
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Anxiety, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sex Factors, Trichotillomania, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Age of Onset, Young Adult
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