Over the course of their lives, up to 220,000 Norwegians will pick at their skin or pull out their hair to an extent that can be considered a mental health disorder. They pull out their hair until ...

Body-focused repetitive behaviors like trichotillomania or excoriation disorder impact up to 5% of people—and usually start when they're kids. Here's what parents need to know. Medically reviewed by ...

Acne excoriée is an excoriation disorder defined by the uncontrollable desire to pick, scratch, or rub acne lesions. It's a mental health condition that falls into the group of obsessive-compulsive ...

New research at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that a drug commonly used to treat symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease effectively reduced symptoms of adults who experience compulsive ...

"Hello again—here we are scabby and red," wrote Tallulah Willis in the caption of a recent bare-faced selfie on Instagram. She continued, "Feeling out of control so zeroing in on something I CAN ...

Impulse control disorder (ICD) is a class of psychiatric conditions characterized by potentially inadequate or harmful behavior that reflects a failure to resist urges or desires with potentially ...