Articles, Treatment Guides & Brochures

TLC works with the leading treatment professionals and researchers to provide you accurate information regarding the treatment of trichotillomania, skin picking and related behaviors. Through these efforts, we have created the following treatment guides, informational literature and archived articles. You may also fill out our Information Request Form to have copies of brochures and guides mailed to you at no charge.

The Comprehensive Information Guide contains over 200 pages of the most up-to-date information on these behaviors. Free to TLC Members, or available seperately through the TLC Bookstore, you may preview the Table of Contents.

Treatment Guides

For Treatment in Adults

For Treatment in Children

Trichotillomania and its Treatment in Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Clinicians

Overview Guides

Overview of Hair Pulling and Skin Picking

Skin Picking and Nail Biting: Related Habits

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hair Pulling Scale

Massachusetts General Hospital

Trichotillomania Among Depressed Adults: Prevalence and Psychiatric Comorbidity

Depression Research Program, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

What Cognitive Therapy Can Do For TTM

Frederick Penzel, PhD
Director, Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY

A Comprehensive Model for Behavioral Treatment of Trichotillomania

Charles S. Mansueto, Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Ruth Goldfinger Golomb, Behavior Therapy Center of Greater Washington
Amanda McCombs Thomas and Ruth M. Townsley Stemberger, Loyola College in Maryland