What if helping your child with hair pulling or skin picking isn’t about stopping, but about helping them thrive?

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are defined as repeated, unintentional, and uncontrollable grooming habits that focus on the body. These behaviors include biting, picking, or chewing various ...

Abstract: Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) are self-directed habits that can cause physical harm and psychosocial challenges. Early detection of these behaviors offers opportunities for ...

Abstract: Body Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs), like hair pulling, skin picking, or scratching, are self-directed habits that involve repetitive actions, that many people struggle with, often ...

It found that shame partially explained the relationship between hairpulling and depression, and fully explained the relationship between hairpulling and anxiety. Hairpulling, also known as ...

If you’re someone who bites their nails, you’ve probably been told to just stop countless times. But here’s what those well-meaning advice-givers don’t understand — your nail-biting habit isn’t just a ...

Objective: Skin Picking Disorder (SPD) has been associated with higher levels of alexithymia, a condition that predicts self-injurious behaviors, a core feature of SPD. Recent studies have expanded ...

BODY-FOCUSED repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), including skin-picking, hair-pulling, and nail-biting, significantly impact quality of life, yet access to effective treatments remains a challenge. A new ...

A fear of being alone triggered my new habit. It was almost the holidays, and another good friend — one of the few left unmarried — became engaged. Immediately, the fear I'd had since childhood of ...