Tratamiento de tricotilomanía desde un enfoque cognitivo conductual

Abstract

Trichotillomania is characterized by the recurrent impulse to pull out one's hair in any situation, whether internal or external, that functions as a trigger. The human being throughout his psychic development is marked by his own behavioral patterns that were acquired during a significant learning process that can generate alterations in his daily life, the objective of this case study is to propose an approach for the treatment of trichotillomania from the cognitive-behavioral approach, a case study with its respective diagnostic process and therapeutic intervention based on the cognitive-behavioral approach; the techniques that were used: Jacobson's relationship, habit reversal, functional analysis of behavior, rational emotive and exposure technique, the Millon Inventory of Personality Styles (MIPS) (Millon, 1994), Hamilton's anxiety scale, Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI-2), the 21-year-old obtained compulsive personality trait, Once the diagnosis was obtained, the purpose was to propose a psychotherapeutic treatment from the cognitive-behavioral approach based on the information collected during the first sessions and supported by the psychological instruments applied.

Keywords: Tricholomania, Cognitive Behavioral, Behavior.