Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Treatment of Trichotillomania: Case Series

    October 2020 in “ Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience ”
    Efruz Pirdoğan Aydın, Jülide Güler Kenar, Aslı Tutan, Ömer Akil Özer, Oğuz Karamustafalıoğlu
    TLDR rTMS may help treat trichotillomania in some patients.
    The document presented a case series on the use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating trichotillomania, involving 5 female patients who underwent 15 rTMS sessions over 3 weeks. Results showed that 3 patients experienced substantial improvement, 1 had partial symptom reduction, and 1 saw a mild increase in severity. The study suggested that rTMS could be a promising treatment for trichotillomania, but emphasized the need for larger, controlled trials to confirm these findings and better understand the long-term efficacy and safety of rTMS for this condition. Limitations included the small sample size and the presence of psychiatric comorbidities.
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