Skin picking disorder Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Patients with skin picking will be enrolled in the study based upon diagnostic criteria by DSM 5 and followed for a 12-week period in an open label method. Patients will be started on 25mg topiramate
Sponsors
Jafferany Psychiatric Services
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions 2. Repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin picking 3. The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning 4. The skin picking is not attributable to the physiological effects of a substance/another medical condition 5. The skin picking is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder 6. Age 18-60 years
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Chronic unstable medical illness 2. Pregnancy or lactation 3. Being on other psychotropic medications 4. Current substance abuse 5. Psychotherapy in the last six weeks prior to commencing the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mean time spent picking per day, measured using participant diaries at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Skin picking, obsessions and compulsions are measured using SPS-Y-BCOS at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks 2. Skin picking frequency is measured using the skin picking scale at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks 3. Anxiety is measured using the Beck anxiety inventory at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks 4. Depression is measured using the Beck depression inventory at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks 5. Severity is measured using the CGI-severity at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks 6. Improvement in clinical condition is measured using the CGI-improvement at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 12 weeks | — |
Countries
Pakistan, United States of America
Contacts
Public ContactMohammad Jafferany
Outcome results
None listed