DSM-IV-TR 312.39 Trichotillomania

DSM-IV-TR 307.23

DSM-IV-TR 312.32

300.7 Hypochondriasis

A. The preoccupation with fears of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person’s misinterpretation of bodily symptoms.

DSM-IV-TR 300.7

Trichotillomania is characterized by recurrent pulling out of one’s hair for pleasure, gratification, or relief of tension that results in noticeable hair loss. Hair may be pulled from any location, including scalp, eyelashes and eyebrows. Recurrent pulling out of one’s hair results in noticeable hair loss. The sufferer experiences an increasing sense of tension immediately before pulling out the hair or when attempting to resist the behavior. Pleasure, gratification, or relief is experienced when pulling out the hair.

Tourette’s Disorder is a rare disorder characterized by repetitive muscle movements and vocal outbursts. At some time during the illness, though not necessarily at the same time, the sufferer has had at least one vocal tic (a tic is a motor movement or vocalization that is nonrhythmic, rapid, repeated, stereotyped and sudden) and multiple motor tics for longer than one year. These tics occur many times each day, nearly every day or at intervals.

Kleptomania is characterized by the recurrent failure to resist impulses to steal objects not needed for personal use or monetary value. Just before the theft, the patient experiences increasing tension. At the time of theft, the patient feels gratification, pleasure or relief. These thefts are not committed out of anger or revenge, nor in response to delusions or hallucinations.

Hypochondriasis is the preoccupation with the fear of having, or the idea that one has, a serious disease based on the person’s misinterpretation of bodily symptoms or bodily functions. Medical investigation and reassurance do not relieve these ideas.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder is the preoccupation with an imagined or exaggerated defect in physical appearance.