While Trichotillomania and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders Have Many Features in Common

question 9

Multiple Choice

While trichotillomania and obsessive-compulsive disorders have many features in common, they also have significant differences. One of these includes the fact that

• A) trichotillamania is short-lived while obsessive-compulsive disorder is long-term.
• B) rituals produce pleasure but hair pulling does not.
• C) compulsions are a response to anxiety but hair pulling occurs in reaction to a wide range of negative emotions.
• D) the disorders demonstrate involvement of totally different brain regions.