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Trichotillomania, Skin Picking, and Other Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors Michael T. Compton addressing diagnostic criteria and symptomatologyUnderestimated, under researched, and often poorly understood, the body focused repetitive disorders nevertheless cause human suffering that is serious, persistent, and pervasive. These disorders can occur in both adults and children and manifest themselves as hair pulling (trichotillomania), pathologic skin picking, thumb sucking, and nail biting. Although these disorders are common, very few medical students and residents hear them addressed in