mental health disorders
Body Focused Repetitive Behavior Disorder
Introduction
In body-focused repetitive behavior disorder, people repeatedly engage in activities that involve their body, such as nail biting, lip biting, or cheek chewing, and repeatedly try to stop the activities. People with body-focused repetitive behavior disorder may feel tense or anxious just before they engage in nail biting or lip biting, and such behaviors may relieve this feeling. Doctors diagnose the disorder when people pick at or bite parts of their body enough to cause damage, try to decrease or stop their behavior and cannot, and are significantly distressed by their behavior or function less well because of it. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (habit-reversal therapy) that specifically focuses on body-focused repetitive behavior disorder andN-acetylcysteine(NAC), selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, orclomipraminemay help lessen symptoms. Body-focused repetitive behavior disorder is classified as an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) . People with body-focused repetitive behavior disorder compulsively pick, pull, or tug at one or more parts of their body. They may bite their nails or lips, chew their cheeks, or pick at their nails. Hair-Pulling Disorder (Trichotillomania) and 