title: The recognition and treatment of pathological skin picking: a potential neurobiological underpinning of the efficacy of pharmacotherapy in impulse control disorders.
abstract: Pathological skin picking is an impulse control disorder that causes significant anxiety and disfigurement to those afflicted. Standard therapy with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor provides variable and often suboptimal responses. We report a case of pathological skin picking treated with paliperidone, a 5-HT2/D2 antagonist.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Norfolk, Virginia.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Spiegel
authors.forename: Lindsey
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Finklea