Weeding the Body: Trichotillomania and the Unconscious Desire to Pull.

An essay about trichotillomania, the chronic and compulsive pulling out of one's own hair, is presented. Topics discussed include the origin of the medical terminology trichotillomania, the views of those with trichotillomania about their disorder, and the convention held by people with trichotillom...

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Published in:	Virginia Quarterly Review Vol. 95; no. 2; pp. 58 - 72
Main Author:	Gressel, Madeline
Format:	Article
Published:	Virginia Quarterly Review Summer2019
Subjects:	Compulsive hair pulling Compulsive behavior Obsessive-compulsive disorder Impulse control disorders Rapunzel syndrome
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