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PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Addicted to Hair Pulling? How an Alternate Model of Trichotillomania May Improve Treatment Outcome

, JD, MD, MPH, , BA & , MD, PhD
Pages 80-85 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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