A simple supplement could help treat people with an impulse disorder that manifests in hair-tearing, say experts.
Trichotillomania suffers are blighted by uncontrollable urges to pluck the hair of the scalp and even eyebrows and lashes, often to the point of baldness.
Although seen as a behavioural and psychological problem, scientists are hopeful that the problem could be solved with an amino acid pill.
Archives of General Psychiatry reports promising early trial findings. (more…)
