TY - CHAP
T1 - Trichotillomania
AU - Stein, Dan J.
AU - Vythilingum, Bavanisha
AU - Seedat, Soraya
AU - Harvey, Brian H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2003 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - Hair-pulling is a behavior that has been described since antiquity. The Bible includes a passage in which the prophet Ezra pulls out his hair, and Homer, Shakespeare, and many others have written about hair-pulling in the context of frustration or grief (1). Such depictions are arguably consistent with the symbolic value of hair; hair classically denotes beauty and power, so that loss of hair correspondingly signifies a range of themes involving aggression and sexuality (2).
AB - Hair-pulling is a behavior that has been described since antiquity. The Bible includes a passage in which the prophet Ezra pulls out his hair, and Homer, Shakespeare, and many others have written about hair-pulling in the context of frustration or grief (1). Such depictions are arguably consistent with the symbolic value of hair; hair classically denotes beauty and power, so that loss of hair correspondingly signifies a range of themes involving aggression and sexuality (2).
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U2 - 10.1201/9780203911877-17
DO - 10.1201/9780203911877-17
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AN - SCOPUS:84891343421
SN - 9780824709792
SP - 203
EP - 214
BT - Psychocutaneous Medicine
PB - CRC Press
ER -