Pain perception and physiological correlates in body-focused repetitive behavior disorders.

Christine LochnerJanine RoosMartin KiddGaironeesa HendricksTara S PerisEmily J RickettsDarin D DoughertyDouglas W WoodsNancy J KeuthenDan J SteinJon E GrantJohn Piacentini

Published in: CNS spectrums (2022)

The study findings were mostly negative suggesting that general pain perception aberration is not involved in TTM and SPD. Other underlying drivers of hair-pulling and skin-picking behavior (eg, abnormal reward processing) should be investigated.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high frequency
soft tissue
spinal cord
spinal cord injury
atomic force microscopy
postoperative pain
prefrontal cortex