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Other Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders as Differential Diagnoses to Trichotillomania (Hair-Pulling Disorder)

Other obsessive-compulsive and related disorders serve as differential diagnoses to trichotillomania (hair-pulling disorder). For instance, individuals with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and symmetry concerns may pull out hairs as part of their symmetry rituals, and individuals with body dysmorphic disorder may remove body hair that they perceive as ugly, asymmetrical, or abnormal.

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