%0 Journal Article %T Trichotillomania Among Young Adults: Prevalence and Comorbidity %A Adam Reich %A Jacek C. Szepietowski %A Magdalena Grzesiak %A Przemys£¿aw Pacan %A Tomasz Hadry£¿ %J - %@ 1651-2057 %D 2017 %R 10.2340/00015555-2565 %X Trichotillomania is an impulse control disorder characterized by repetitive pulling out of one¡¯s hair. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of trichotillomania in young adults and its association with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). A total of 339 individuals completed a questionnaire to determine the presence of trichotillomania. OCD and anxiety disorders were diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision (ICD-10), based on the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Twelve persons (3.5%) reported hair pulling during their lifetime, but only 8 of them met the criteria of trichotillomania according to the ICD-10. Four individuals had stopped their behaviour prior to the study participation. The lifetime anxiety disorders were diagnosed in 5 participants with trichotillomania (62.5%), while in the group without trichotillomania, 67 persons (20.2%) met the diagnostic criteria for anxiety disorders (p£¿<£¿0.01). OCD were not diagnosed in individuals with trichotillomania, among participants without trichotillomania, 14 persons (4.2%) reported symptoms of OCD. %U http://www.medicaljournals.se/acta/content/abstract/10.2340/00015555-2565