mental health disorders
Skin Picking (Excoriation) Disorder
Treatment of Skin Picking Disorder
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (specifically, habit-reversal therapy) Medications Psychotherapy —in particular, habit-reversal therapy that specifically focuses on skin-picking disorder—is the therapy of choice. For habit-reversal therapy, people are taught to do the following: Become more aware of their skin picking Identify situations that trigger the behavior Use strategies to help them stop themselves from picking at their skin—for example, by substituting a different activity (such as clenching their fist, knitting, or sitting on their hands) for skin picking both act on the glutamatergic system, and may reduce skin-picking. Treatment with Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) (a type of antidepressant) or 