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Substance/Medication-Induced Disorders as Differential Diagnoses to Excoriation (Skin-Picking Disorder)

Skin-picking symptoms may also be induced by certain substances (e.g., cocaine), in which case excoriation disorder should not be diagnosed. If such skin picking is clinically significant, then a diagnosis of substance/medication-induced obsessive-compulsive and related disorder should be considered.

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Updated 2023-07-09

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