PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Healey, Danielle Nicole
AU  - Lee, Jessica J
AU  - Getzoff Testa, Elizabeth
AU  - Gautam, Rishi
TI  - Dissociative episodes characterised by hair-pulling in a late adolescent woman
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2022-254100
DP  - 2023 Sep 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e254100
VI  - 16
IP  - 9
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/9/e254100.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/16/9/e254100.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2023 Sep 01; 16
AB  - A woman in late adolescence with a history of sickle cell disease, moyamoya disease, cerebrovascular accident, mild intellectual disability, post-traumatic stress disorder, functional seizures, generalised anxiety disorder and transient psychosis was referred for a psychiatry consultation. She presented with worsening episodes of dissociation characterised by compulsory hair-pulling. Limited research exists regarding patients engaging in activities of automated behaviour during episodes of dissociation. Thus, we aim to describe a case of a patient with episodes of hair-pulling during dissociative events to discuss the aetiology and treatment. We are describing the aetiology and treatment of a patient with episodes of hair-pulling during dissociative events.