Trichotillomania: A Problem Related with Depressive Mood and its Follow-up - A Case Study

Abstract

Depression manifests both mental symptoms and somatic presentation depending upon the severity of underlying factors. Trichotillomania is one of the somatic presentations seen in men and women both, but women are more likely affected. The problem manifest as frequent plucking or tractioning the hairs and locks in aggression, which arises hair damage and loss resulting as alopecia of that regions. The patient wants physicians help for patchy hair loss, and most commonly encountered with dermatology clinics. In this paper, we present a case of such suffering where it was managed on the line of depression and mania and was relieved in her somatic symptoms and mostly of alopecia. This article will provide suggestions for the behavioral assessment and treatment of Trichotillomania.