Imipramine treatment of trichotillomania and coexisting depression in a seven-year-old.
Trichotillomania is seen in normal children with a variety of psychiatric conditions (Krishnan, 1985). Although an association between depression and trichotillomania has been suggested in adults and adolescents (Krishnan, 1985), its association with DSM-III-R major depressive disorder in a prepubertal child has not been reported. Such a case of trichotillomania occurring with major depressive disorder is reported in this paper. In this prepubertal child, imipramine therapy led to remission of both disorders.
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D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
D007099:Imipramine