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Psychiatric Disorders

Prevalence, Treatment, Diagnostic Criteria, and Features of Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder

Excoriation disorder, often known as skin picking disorder, is a mental health problem defined by the recurrent act of picking one’s skin, resulting in tissue damage and causing functional impairment and/or discomfort. This pathological, obsessive, and repeated picking of skin that causes tissue damage is also referred to as neurotic excoriation, dermatillomania, or psychogenic excoriation. […]