Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , July 2006

Impulsivity and compulsivity in patients with trichotillomania or skin picking compared with patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Previous presentation: Presented at the Brazilian Congress of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 25 to 28, 2000. Received Ulysses Vianna Filho award at Brazilian Congress of Psychiatry, Recife, November 1 to 3, 2001.

  • Ygor Arzeno Ferrão

      Affiliations

    • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Hospital Psiquiátrico São Pedro, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA, Rua Padre Chagas, 185/403 Porto Alegre, 90570-080 Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Vanessa Paiva Almeida

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
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  • Nádia Richter Bedin

      Affiliations

    • Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
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  • Rafael Rosa

      Affiliations

    • Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
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  • Ellis D'Arrigo Busnello

      Affiliations

    • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul; Hospital Materno-Infantil Presidente Vargas; Fundação Faculdade Federal de Ciências Médicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.11.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 282-288 , July 2006

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