Self-Help Techniques

Acknowledgement

We wish to credit the photographers of the figures:

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fronthandsvolunteer01/12/20Pixabaycc
frontAlLesniekverlaan01/12/20Pixabaycc
1aRobodoc (original uploader)Trichotillomania  01/20/21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trichotillomania_1.jpgcc
1bKairyu7Dermatillomania out of control.01/18/21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dermatillomania2.jpgcc
1cU3176478Nail biting can be both a habit and an addiction01/19/21https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nail_Biting..jpgcc
2a-2cAG NeuropsychologyNo titlen.a.n.a.cc
3Sarah WeidingerNo titlen.a.n.a.cc
4Sarah WeidingerNo titlen.a.n.a.cc
5Photos compiled by Moritz for J Cosmetic DermatolDecoupling in sensun.a.n.a.
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Moritz, S., & Rufer, M. (2011). Movement decoupling: A self-help intervention for the treatment of trichotillomania. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 42(1), 74–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbtep.2010.07.001

Moritz, S., Fricke, S., Treszl, A., & Wittekind, C. E. (2012). Do it yourself! Evaluation of self-help habit reversal training versus decoupling in pathological skin picking: A pilot study. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 1(1), 41–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2011.11.001

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