Lamotrigine treatment of pathologic skin picking: an open-label study

• Published in: The journal of clinical psychiatry Vol. 68; no. 9; p. 1384
• Main Authors: Grant, Jon E, Odlaug, Brian L, Kim, Suck Won
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Antimanic Agents - therapeutic use; Compulsive Behavior - diagnosis; Compulsive Behavior - psychology; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - diagnosis; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - drug therapy; Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders - psychology; Female; Humans; Lamotrigine; Male; Middle Aged; Severity of Illness Index; Skin; Touch; Treatment Outcome; Triazines - therapeutic use

Although pathologic skin picking is a relatively common behavior, treatment data are limited. We hypothesized that lamotrigine would reduce the symptoms of pathologic skin picking. 24 subjects (19 women [79.2%]; mean +/-SD age = 34.1 +/- 12.2 years) with pathologic skin picking (based on DSM-IV crit...