Stop the exhausting tug-of-war with BFRB urges. Discover how dropping the rope of willpower creates the freedom and mental ...

A systematic review (of mostly cross sectional studies) explores whether difficulties regulating emotions play a role in skin picking disorder, and what this could mean for treatment.

Abstract: Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), like hair pulling, skin picking, or scratching, are self-directed habits that involve repetitive actions, that many people struggle with, often ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs)—including hair-pulling, skin-picking, and nail-biting—are increasingly recognized as behaviors associated with dermatologic, psychological, and social ...

It found that shame partially explained the relationship between hairpulling and depression, and fully explained the relationship between hairpulling and anxiety. Hairpulling, also known as ...

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...

Yelena Dokic, MD A 37-year-old White woman presents to the clinic for a routine skin examination. The clinician notes dystrophic nails on both her thumbs. A 37-year-old White woman presents to the ...

BODY-FOCUSED repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), including skin-picking, hair-pulling, and nail-biting, significantly impact quality of life, yet access to effective treatments remains a challenge. A new ...

A fear of being alone triggered my new habit. It was almost the holidays, and another good friend — one of the few left unmarried — became engaged. Immediately, the fear I'd had since childhood of ...