Self-Monitoring, Competing Response and Response Cost in the Treatment of Trichotillomania: A Case Report
1997 ◽
Vol 25
(3)
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pp. 281-290
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Keyword(s):
Self-monitoring, a competing response and response cost were used in the successful treatment of a 49 year old female patient with a 19 year history of trichotillomania. Self-monitoring and a competing response produced significant decreases in hair-pulling, but still continued as the patient found it pleasurable at times of stress. The addition of response cost procedures overcame this.