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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...

Stop Nail Biting With The Keen

What I loved is [Keen] was, so easy to set it up. No hassles and no kind of issues. Use our iOS or Android app to train Keen to look out for your...

Stop Nail Biting With The Keen

What I loved is [Keen] was, so easy to set it up. No hassles and no kind of issues. Use our iOS or Android app to train Keen to look out for your...

  • "Thank you for your faithful emails, they are a source of great motivation for many of us. I actually think of my Keen as a "helper", a unique tool to remind me when I am slipping into my danger zone."
    - L.M.

  • "This newsletter is excellent...I credit the mere existence of this product and the feeling of community fostered by this newsletter, as two of the catalysts that helped free me from my shame and self-loathing in regards to my trichotillomania."
    - D.M.

  • "I won’t unsubscribe. You changed my life. Pull-free for almost 3 months. Thank you for all you do, I haven’t felt this confident in over 10 years."
    - S.M.

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