Trichotillomania: Group Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients that having been diagnosed with trichotillomania according to DSM-IV criteria; having less of 18 years of age; and having less of four years of schooling.
• •Patients with a history of suicidal ideation,
• •Patients with any clinical pathology requiring emergency treatment at admission,
• •Patients with mental retardation or any other central nervous system disorder that severely impairs cognitive function,
• •those with a psychotic disorder,
• •those currently being treated with psychotropic drugs,
• •those with any DSM-IV axis II diagnosis,
• •those who scored ≤ 2 on the MGH-HPS in an initial screening.