Posted by Dave001 on August 27, 2005, at 18:22:28
In reply to Dermatillomania, posted by Sonya on August 26, 2005, at 13:44:52
> I just found out from another forum that what I always considered a
> bad habit is actually called dermatillomania (compulsive skin
> picking) and that dermatillomania is part of the OCD spectrum of
> disorders. Does any else have this, and what do you do/take to
> control it?Well, almost everything is part of the OCD spectrum nowadays. It could
just be plain old fidgeting. :-)Symptoms that are often attributed to the OCD-spectrum could have a very
dissimilar neurobiological origin from that which is seen in its
classical form. SSRIs are given for just about everything, so it doesn't
necessarily mean much when successful treatment of a given symptom
complex is ascribed to them. When amphetamine first became popular, it
was also "successfully" used to treat every imaginable condition.
poster:Dave001
thread:546945
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