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Trichotillomania in a Schizophrenia Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Seppo Kähkönen
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Abstract

Comorbidity of trichotillomania with different psychiatric disorders is common. However, until recently there have been no reports of trichotillomania in schizophrenia patients. In this article, the case of a female schizophrenia patient with trichotillomania is reported. Her schizophren was being treated with risperidone. Citalopram was later administered as an augmentation to risperidone. This combination therapy presented a partial response of trichotillo mania without exacerbating schizophrenia symptoms.

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CNS Spectrums , Volume 7 , Issue 10: Geriatric Psychiatry: Emerging Concepts , October 2002, pp. 751 - 752
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2002

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