Can anyone suggest other resources?

Where else on the web can I look for help?

Trichotillmania Learning Center (TLC)   (http://www.trich.org/)
        TLC is a non-profit organization that provides information, support, and referral resources. TLC holds an annual retreat for hair pullers and publishes a quarterly newsletter, IN TOUCH. A brief description of trichotillomania, information about TLC, and membership information are included on their website.

        Trichotillomania Learning Center
        1215 Mission Street, Suite 2
        Santa Cruz, CA 95060

        Tel: (408) 457-1004
 

Pioneer Clinic    (http://www.pressenter.com/~cnovakmd/)
       The medical professionals at the Pioneer Clinic treat adult trichotillomania through a combination of medical, behavioural, and psycho-social approaches. Their website is a good place to begin learning about the disorder. Information on their intensive treatment program can also be found here. Their free newsletter, Connections, is published quarterly, and videos and workbooks can be ordered as well.

        Pioneer Clinic
        2550 University Ave. West
        Suite 229 North
        St. Paul, Minnesota 55114

        Tel: (612) 649-1105
        Fax: (612) 645-2752
 

Amanda's Trichotillomania Guide     (http://home.intekom.com/jly2/)
       The information on this comprehensive website is provided by a long-time sufferer of trichotillomania, reflecting her personal opinion and experience. The site includes an FAQ, links to other helpful sites, and Amanda's own story.
Fairlight Trichotillomania Server     (http://www.fairlite.com/trich/)
        This site has information on the disorder, including an FAQ written by trich sufferers. There is also a bulletin board which provides a place for trichsters to share personal experiences, to express one's feelings, and to provide moral support and understanding to one another. The website is supported through voluntary donations.
 

Cheryn International     (http://www.cheryn.com/)
        Cheryn Salazar is the author of the book "You Are Not Alone: Compulsive Hair Pulling, The Enemy Within".  Her experience with trichotillomania led her to create a company that sells wigs, headwear, false eyelashes, makeup, and more to those dealing with hair loss. Call toll free: 1-888-2-CHERYN (1-888-224-3796).
 

Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF)     (http://www.ocfoundation.org)
        OCF is a world-wide, not-for-profit organization that provides information and support to those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), their family and friends, and medical professionals.
OCF's Publication Catalog, available on-line, includes some material on trich which can be ordered electronically or by fax, phone, or mail

        Obsessive-Compulsive Foundation, Inc.
        P.O. Box 70
        Milford, Ct. 06460-0070

        Voice: (203) 878-5669
        Fax: (203) 874-2826
        Info Line: (203) 874-3843
 

National Panic/Anxiety Disorder   (http://www.npadnews.com/)
        The National Panic/Anxiety Disorder Newsletter ("NPAD News") and their website provide information on topics related to anxiety, panic, and phobia. Look under 'NPAD News Online Library' for an article on trichotillomania and children. The 'Q&A' link includes a section on trichotillomania.

        Cyma J. Siegel, R.N., President
        1718 Burgundy Place, Suite B
        Santa Rosa, CA 95403

        Tel: (707) 527-5738
        Fax: (707) 527-0315
 

MGH Neurology Web Forum    (http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/forum/)
        The Neurology Web Forum is a site for online discussions about neurology-related topics offered by the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. For discussions on trichotillomania, look at the existing WebForum articles under the topic 'Behavioral Disorders'. You can read and reply to previous posts or begin a new article. You can also read, but not reply to, all of the original Neurology WebForum posts. These archives contain many posts on trichotillomania.
        For real-time discussions go to the 'Neurology Chat Rooms' link. Creative writing works can be found under 'A Window on my Mind: Poetry and Neurological Disorders'.
 

Dr. Bob's Psychopharmacology Tips    (http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/dr-bob/tips/tips.html)
        This website is maintained by Robert Hsiung, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the University of Chicago for use by members of the Interpsych psycho-pharm discussion list. However, the site is also open to those who take medication and those who prescribe it. For tips on meds used to treat trichotillomania, search under the subject heading Problems/Psychiatric/Trichotillomania, or look up specific types of drugs. These tips are largely anecdotal and should not be followed without consulting a physician.
 

Steph's Page - I am more than hair!     (http://www.modularforms.net/trich.html)
        The page of the maintainer of this FAQ, includes a link to an AD(H)D site.

TTM Self-Help Network     (http://www.oocities.org/HotSprings/Sauna/8181)
        A trichotillomania self-help group located in Vancouver, BC. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month and are open only to those with trichotillomania. There is no membership fee to join. For more information, please call the Self-Help Resource Association of BC at (604) 733-6186, or you can visit our web site and e-mail a contact person.

Tina's (Kookie) Trichotillomania Site     (http://telusplanet.net/public/tinamp/ttm.html)
        This site has a link to the TTMsupport chat room including a chat schedule. The personal stories of several hair-pullers can also be found here.

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Chat channels for real-time talk with trichsters

Check out the Fairlight bulletin board for updates on this.

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Which books have people found helpful?

Reported as making specific reference to trich and/or "hair-pulling:"

• The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing, Judith Rappaport
• Brain Lock, Jeffrey Schwartz (written primarily for OCD's but discusses how the techniques can be generalized for such things as trich and eating disorders)
• Getting Control, Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions, Lee Baer (This has outdated information regarding meds and how the disorder affects men, but the behavioral modification approach in it is reported as being worth trying.)
• Habit Control in a Day, Azrin, R.G. Nunn (out of print but copies might be found through a book search at Amazon)
• Obsessive Compulsive Anonymous (author of book unknown right now but apparently Joan Kaylor wrote a chapter on the 12 steps to combat trich)
• The Scarred Soul (sounds sensational, but it mentions trich, so there you go! It also discusses other "self-mutilating" behaviors, from biting fingernails until they bleed to cutting oneself.)
• "Treatment Manual for Trichotillomania" (I don't know if this is a book or a pamphlet. I don't know who sells or distributes it. I believe I was told once but all I managed to save from my original information is that is is a three step program based on Azrin and Nunn's habit reversal method.)
• You Are Not Alone: Compulsive Hair Pulling, The Enemy Within, Cheryn Salazar

• Adult ADD, Thomas A. Whiteman and Michele Novotni
• Beyond Prozac
• BodyFueling, Landis
• The Broken Mirror, Katherine Phillips
• The Carbohydrate Addict, Heller
• Eat More, Weigh Less, Ornish
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Potassium but Were Too Tired To Ask, Betty Kamen
• Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, Dr. David Burns
• Good Kids, Bad Habits
• The Serotonin Solution, Judith J. Wurtman, Ph.D., and Susan Suffes
• Spontaneous Healing, Andrew Weil
• Tongue Fu!--How to Deflect, Disarm, and Defuse Any Verbal Conflict, Sam Horn
• The Woman's Advantage Diet, Dr. Henry Mallek
• Women and ADD

• As a Man Thinketh, James Allen
• Dare to Discipline Yourself, Galloway
• The Greatest Miracle In the World, Og Mandino
• How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Carnegie
• Hung by the Tongue, Martin
• An Iron Will, Marden
• Living a Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard (it's a joy to read and gives much good advice for simplifying and enjoying life more, things which seem hard for trichsters to do, but which trichsters particularly need to learn to do)
• The Miracle of Right Thought, Marden
• Power of Positive Thinking, Peale
• The Tongue, A Creative Force, Capps
• What to Say When You Talk to Yourself, Hemstettler(?)
• You Can Become the Person You Want to Be, Schuller
• You Can If You Think You Can, Peale
• You Can Work Your Own Miracles, Hill

Media

Miami Herald, March 13, 1998 (I have a copy of the article, but won't include it until I get permission. It is clearly copyrighted.)

"My Ugly Little Secret," from "Mademoiselle," May 1998, p. 216

"Trichotillomania: Out of the Closet," from "Psychiatric Times," November 1997, Copyright CME Inc.

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Other

Recently someone wrote this on the board:

Several years ago (at least 4) I attended a large-ish conference in Washington, D.C. about trich; there were probably 100 to 200 people there. There was a psychologist who is a puller and was going by an alias - I think it was Nancy Goldberg. She did group hypnotherapy, and also sold hypnotherapy audiotapes she had created called, "Let it Grow".

Letting it Grow All Rights Reserved 1993
P.O. Box 892,
Cambridge, MA  02140

The McDougall Program or McDougall diet is a vegetarian diet which is discussed on the web. Dr. John McDougall also has books. One trichster found relief from following this diet. Though she has gone off the diet more than once she said that the trich relief continued for several weeks after she went off it.

The Oprah video, "Make the Connection," seems to be applicable to trich.

Sometime ago someone mentioned a CD by Dave Koz, "Off the Beaten Track." That trichster said that listening to this CD helped her urges go away. There was no explanation of the nature of the disk and no confirmation that it helped anyone else, but there you have it.

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