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Testing a New Therapy for Trichotillomania

NCT00872742 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 85

Last updated 2021-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test the effectiveness of a new behavioral therapy for adults with trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling).

Conditions

  • Trichotillomania

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance enhanced behavior therapy (AEBT)

Ten 1-hour sessions over 12 weeks, enhancing awareness of hair-pulling behavior and teaching strategies to deal with hair pulling

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation and supportive therapy (PST)

Ten 1-hour sessions over 12 weeks, teaching the participant about hair pulling and discussing how hair pulling affects those who do it

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Douglas W. Woods, PhD · Marquette University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-03-31
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2015-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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