Habit Reversal Training for Children and Adolescents With Trichotillomania

"* 8 weekly therapy sessions lasting 50 minutes based on the protocol outlined by Woods (2001).~* The overall focus of treatment is to provide patients with tools to help them manage and reduce hair-pulling.~* components:~* Session 1. (a) to develop an understanding of the subject's hair-pulling through an initial interview; and (b) to establish a protocol for ongoing assessment.~* Session 2. implement habit reversal, including awareness training, competing response training, and social support.~* Sessions 3-8. For subjects with a single hair-pulling site, Session 3 will review and practice HRT procedures and name solutions to problems that may have arisen. For those with multiple hair-pulling sites, treatment will be reviewed for the first site in the hierarchy."