title: Trichotillomania in a ten year old boy: gender identity issues formulated in terms of individual and family factors.
abstract: The case study of a ten year old boy who presented with trichotillomania and symptoms of gender identity confusion is described and formulated in terms of the individual and family factors involved. This approach is presented as more tangible and useful than the traditional method using psychoanalytic theory.
authors: Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Canada.
authors: R G
authors: RG
authors: Schnurr
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Davidson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005196:Family Therapy; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009769:Object Attachment; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy