Boughn Susan, Holdom Julie Ann Jaarsma
School of Nursing, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718, USA.
Res Nurs Health. 2002 Apr;25(2):135-44. doi: 10.1002/nur.10028.
Trichotillomania (TTM) is an enigmatic disease characterized by an overwhelming compulsion to pull out one's hair, most notably scalp hair, but also eyebrows, eyelashes, and hair from the extremity, axillary, and pubic areas. Current estimates are that clinically significant hair pulling is manifested by 3.4% of all women during their lifetimes. The overall purpose of our study was to examine the efficacy of a wide variety of treatments as perceived by the women (N=44) who received them. The data were subjected to content analysis and are presented in a quantified manner. Common forms of treatments, including pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and behavior modification, were judged by the respondents to be relatively ineffective. Two forms of treatment were found to be effective by a high percentage of the women who employed them: Internet TTM groups and TTM groups associated with a national center. It is important for health care providers to be aware of these treatments, which have not been previously discussed in the literature.
拔毛癖（TTM）是一种神秘的疾病，其特征是有一种无法抑制的拔自己毛发的冲动，最明显的是头皮毛发，但也包括眉毛、睫毛以及四肢、腋窝和耻骨部位的毛发。目前的估计是，在所有女性中，有3.4%在其一生中会出现具有临床意义的拔毛行为。我们研究的总体目的是检验接受各种治疗的女性（N = 44）所感知到的这些治疗方法的疗效。对数据进行了内容分析，并以量化方式呈现。包括药物治疗、心理治疗和行为矫正在内的常见治疗形式，被受访者认为相对无效。有两种治疗形式被大量使用它们的女性认为是有效的：网络拔毛癖小组和与一个全国性中心相关的拔毛癖小组。医疗保健提供者了解这些此前文献中未讨论过的治疗方法很重要。
