trichotillomania, hair pulling disorder trichotillomanie, haartrekken
Conditions
Interventions
Behaviour therapy
Plus either implicit training aimed at decreasing an approach bias towards hair pulling, or a general implicit training
Sponsors
No sponsors, research is carried out at Ambulatorium ACSW, part of Radboud University Nijmegen
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The inclusion criteria are an age between 18 and 65 and a current primary diagnosis of TTM.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are a current psychotic episode, substance abuse disorder, and an inability to speak and understand Dutch. Patients who refuse the computer training are also excluded from the study. They are offered standard behaviour therapy, however.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The main study parameters are: -Implicit action tendencies to hair pulling-related stimuli -Severity and frequency of hair pulling -Relapse | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| - Response inhibition - Urge and resistance with respect to hair pulling - Self-control cognitions - Attentional biases towards hair pulling-related stimuli - Implicit evaluations of hair pulling-related stimuli | — |
Contacts
Public ContactJ. Maas
Outcome results
None listed