Examining Behavior Therapy for Trichotillomania in Children and Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Trichotillomania

In brief

This study will evaluate a treatment for trichotillomania, or compulsive hair pulling, in children and adolescents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00917098

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

61

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2014-03-26

Last updated by the study team

2017-08-01

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis or symptoms of trichotillomania
• Presence of stable parent or guardian

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of another primary or co-primary psychiatric disorder that requires initiation of different active current treatment
• Current use of psychotropic medication (participants may be able to stop taking medications to start with study)

Where it is running

• Child and Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trichotillomania, and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe) — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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