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Why I Pull My Hair Out
Christina Pearson was 14 years old when she started pulling out her hair, creating bald patches on her head. She was taken to a psychiatrist, but in 1970 there was no...
Why I Pull My Hair Out
Christina Pearson was 14 years old when she started pulling out her hair, creating bald patches on her head. She was taken to a psychiatrist, but in 1970 there was no...
The hidden epidemic of compulsive hair pulling
People with BFRBs perform repetitive self-grooming activities such as picking, pulling or biting. These can cause emotional distress and damage to the body, but the people performing the behaviours can't...
The hidden epidemic of compulsive hair pulling
People with BFRBs perform repetitive self-grooming activities such as picking, pulling or biting. These can cause emotional distress and damage to the body, but the people performing the behaviours can't...
St. Louis Park startup receives grant to test b...
A buzzing bracelet created by a local startup company seeks to counteract a condition known as trichotillomania — the habitual, often subconscious, urge to pull on hair, eyebrows and eyelashes....
St. Louis Park startup receives grant to test b...
A buzzing bracelet created by a local startup company seeks to counteract a condition known as trichotillomania — the habitual, often subconscious, urge to pull on hair, eyebrows and eyelashes....
School accommodations...Help or hurt? Definitel...
Millions of kids suffer from mental health disorders called Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors, or BFRBs, which are subconscious behaviors that are physical, repetitive movements or gestures of the hands, focused...
School accommodations...Help or hurt? Definitel...
Millions of kids suffer from mental health disorders called Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors, or BFRBs, which are subconscious behaviors that are physical, repetitive movements or gestures of the hands, focused...
HabitAware Receives $300,000 NIH Research Grant...
HabitAware was awarded a $300,000 federal research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to further develop and test its innovative wearable device for treating trichotillomania, a debilitating mental...
HabitAware Receives $300,000 NIH Research Grant...
HabitAware was awarded a $300,000 federal research grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to further develop and test its innovative wearable device for treating trichotillomania, a debilitating mental...
Trichotillomania: Help at last!
The bracelets have made her aware of when she pulls and how she pulls. She recently told me that she wants to pull her eyelashes really badly, but is now...
Trichotillomania: Help at last!
The bracelets have made her aware of when she pulls and how she pulls. She recently told me that she wants to pull her eyelashes really badly, but is now...