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Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling)
Strong urges to pull hair from your scalp and from other parts of your body results in bald patches and emotional stress. Trichotillomania is an incompletely understood condition that may affect as many as 9 million Americans. Read on to understand this disorder and what treatments are used to manage it. Learn also about self-help techniques that you can use today to start controlling your hair pulling at home.
Why Does Drinking Release the Rage? Understand Alcohol-Related Anger and Aggression
Why does alcohol lead to aggression and rage for some, but not for others? Learn more about how alcohol facilitates aggression and learn what kinds of people are most prone to alcohol related anger.
Understanding Addiction - The Roles of Impulsivity and Compulsivity
Learn how the brain changes of addiction exacerbate problems with impulsive and compulsive acts – how impulsivity drives early addiction and compulsivity and impulsivity perpetuate later stages and most importantly, what you can do to retake control.