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- Title
Near-fatal Skin-picking Due to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Responding to Combined Fluoxetine and Cognitive-behavioral Therapy: A Case Report.
- Authors
Šahin, Emre; Kalyoncu, O. Ayhan; Pektaş, Özkan; Tan, Devran; Mirsal, Hasan; Beyazyürek, Mansur
- Abstract
Pathological skin-picking has been reported to be associated with major psychiatric disorders. The most common comorbid psychiatric diseases found in patients with skin-picking were major depression and anxiety disorders (especially obsessive-compulsive disorder). Skin-picking may also lead to medical complications. We describe a 40-year-old, married woman with compulsive skin-picking who developed the dangerously self-destructive habit of squeezing or digging debris out of skin tissue and picking at acne and scabs on her forehead, cheeks and chin. The patient was successfully treated with a combination of fluoxetine and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.
- Subjects
OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder; NEUROSES; COMPULSIVE behavior; IMPULSE control disorders; PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL illness
- Publication
Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni, 2004, Vol 14, Issue 2, p88
- ISSN
1017-7833
- Publication type
Article