[The catamnesis of patients with protracted forms of trichotillomania starting in childhood and adolescence].
Sequelae of severe trichotillomania initiating in childhood and adolescence were studied in 26 patients aged 21-32. A mean prospective follow-up lasted for 13 years. Thirteen patients were qualified as healthy. In the rest trichotillomania remained the main symptom of the illness, in 9 patients the progressive disease became the basis for secondary psychopathies, pathocharacterological personality of deficiency type. The following factors reliably affecting the prognosis were revealed: residual-organic origin of trichotillomania, intensity, generalization and polymorphism of the habit, persistence of the syndrome development, severity of vegetative component, late therapy start.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D011599:Psychopathology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
Katamnez bol'nykh s zatiazhnymi formami trikhotillomanii, nachavsheĭsia v detskom i podrostkovom vozraste.