title: Psychological treatments for trichotillomania: update and future directions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper aims to provide an overview of evidence-based psychological treatments for trichotillomania.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Advances in the understanding of the phenomenology of trichotillomania has led to the augmentation of behavioural treatments with dialectical behaviour therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. Further studies of treatment component efficacy and cognitive behavioural models are required.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia irehm@swin.edu.au.
authors.forename: Imogen
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rehm
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moulding
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nedeljkovic
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Trichotillomania; behaviour therapy; cognitive therapy; hair pulling disorder; treatment