Help for Hair Pullers: Understanding and Coping with Trichotillomania

by Dan J. Stein and Nancy J. Keuthen

Book Overview

If you suffer from trichotillomania, this book is written for you, your family and loved ones, and the professionals who you might seek out to help you overcome your condition. Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the book reviews the latest medications and treatment options and offers simple and effective cognitive-behavioral techniques for controlling hair-pulling. You'll learn that you are not alone in dealing with this condition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572242329
• ISBN13: 9781572242326
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Lifesaver!!!

My daughter had been pulling out her hair for five months before I found this book. It is primarily written for adolescents and adults with trich, but many of the information can apply to children. There is one chapter on younger children with trich. It had a tip in there that I tried which has, in three weeks, improved my daughter's pulling to where it is almost nonexistent! GET THIS BOOK!!!!!

Help for Hair Pullers

The authors have done an excellent job of presenting known data on Trichotillomania in children as well as adults. The analysis is very helpful to parents trying to cope with this compulsive disorder in their children (and grandchildren)without adding to the child's embarassment or distress. Highly recommended, not as a cure-all, but as a plainly written handbook presenting the problem with a few case studies to enhance understanding and action that can and should be taken. As in all compulsive behavior, the patient, younger or older, must want to help themselves in order to get control of and overcome this problem. Don Tag

I already feel better!

I have looked inside this book and I already know that whoever reads it can over come Trichotillmania! When I read the first pages I realized I wasn't alone,I wasn't crazy and that I can do it and that I will do it!!I am just so thankfull that those doctors wrote this book! I know it will change my life and others!

A Very Helpful Book - Highly Recommended

I would recommend this book to anyone who pulls out their hair, or anyone who is close to someone who does. This is not a huge book, but it is packed full of helpful information. It is written in a clear, informative, and easy-to-read manner. The authors obviously have extensive experience and really know what they are talking about. The examples are very realistic as well. A few of the chapters include one just about medication, one just for friends and family, and several with specific cognitive and behavioral exercises you can start to do right away. Most of the chapters get you involved with exercises, some of which you will do every day, so get a notebook ready! The book is not overwhelming but will show you how to start out slowly by keeping track of your daily hair pulling, and progressing to more advanced exercises that will help you gain control of your pulling. Although I am just starting out working with this book, I can see it has great potential to really help me and I highly recommend it.

Clear and enlightening

I have read some of the available material on the subject before only to find out vague and speculative information. I find this book to be clear, documented, straight, ordered and easy to read, really very helpfull. For the first time someone deals with the subject straight and from different points of view giving us clear answers and practical solutions. I highly recommend it to anyone who either suffers from trich or has someone loved who does as well as for therapists or any other proffesional interested in the subject.