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This review discusses trichotillomania and traction alopecia, focusing on their clinical features, diagnostic criteria, and treatment options, but it reports no new research findings.

This review discusses treatment options for trichotillomania, focusing on cognitive-behavioral interventions and promising developments in combined pharmacotherapy and therapy approaches, but reports no new findings.

This review discusses guidelines for androgen use in women and concludes that more research is needed before recommending testosterone due to insufficient evidence on safety and efficacy.

The authors updated recommendations on diagnosing and treating women's sexual dysfunctions, emphasizing a comprehensive assessment approach, while noting the need for further multidisciplinary research.

This study found that androgenetic alopecia causes significant psychological distress, particularly in women, who exhibit a more negative body image and less adaptive functioning compared to controls.

This review discusses the relationship between perceived stress and hair loss or graying, exploring hair follicles as a model system but reports no new clinical results.

This study found no evidence of androgen deficiency or decreased peripheral androgen action in men with persistent sexual symptoms after finasteride use, but identified links to depressed mood and abnormal brain function.

This review discusses the complex interplay between the nervous system and skin conditions, highlighting various treatment strategies, but reports no new research findings.

In this case series, four adults developed severe, disabling multisymptom illness potentially linked to fluoroquinolone use, which persisted and progressed even after discontinuation of the drug.

This review presents substantial evidence supporting testosterone use for hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women, but notes safety concerns with off-label prescribing due to lack of approved formulations.

This report describes an 8-year-old male with trichotillomania, confirmed by trichoscopy showing characteristic hair damage and patterns.

This chapter reviews the role of self in disorders related to the OCD spectrum, such as hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and trichotillomania, and reports no new findings.

This review discusses trichotillomania, its diagnosis, prevalence, potential brain abnormalities, and current treatment options, and offers no new clinical findings.

In this study, researchers reviewed current treatments for trichotillomania and found that psychotherapy, particularly cognitive-behavioral therapy like habit reversal training, is most effective, with some medications helping to alleviate symptoms, though further study is needed on their use.

This study found that androgenetic alopecia significantly impacts young men's quality of life, affecting their self-esteem and daily functioning, and highlights the need for a specialized assessment tool.

This paper discusses the use of lifestyle drugs by individuals without medical conditions to enhance appearance, highlighting that such usage may worsen emotional disorders and suggests these should be treated with psychotherapy or psychopharmacotherapy.

This case report diagnosed a 4-year-old girl with trichotillomania after observation of her twirling and pulling her hair at the affected site.

This study found that the PSEN1-P242LfsX11 mutation in hidradenitis suppurativa influences cytokine and chemokine expression in macrophages, potentially affecting inflammatory responses.

This systematic review reports that fatigue was the most common symptom in both phases of long COVID, with lung function issues more frequent in the ongoing symptomatic phase and psychological burdens like anxiety and depression more prevalent in the post-COVID syndrome phase.

In this study, hair levels of zinc and chromium were associated with a reduced likelihood of age-related cognitive decline in centenarians and oldest-old adults, suggesting further research is needed on these elements' potential role in cognitive health among the elderly.

This study found that 3alpha-diol, an androgen metabolite, improved cognitive and affective performance in aged male rats, suggesting its role in countering age-related decline in hippocampally-influenced behaviors.

In this systematic review, the authors found that hair loss in women causes significant psychological distress, with supportive interventions like cognitive behavioral therapy and cosmetic solutions helping to reduce anxiety, improve coping, and enhance quality of life.

This review suggests that while both pharmaceuticals and behavioral therapies can reduce symptoms of trichotillomania, behavioral therapies often prove more effective, though long-term effectiveness remains uncertain.

This study explored postpartum body image and menstruation experiences among 11 UK mothers, identifying themes of body dissatisfaction and the stress of resumed menstruation, while highlighting the need for better healthcare support and the positive role of reframing body perceptions towards functionality.

This case report chronicles a three-year journey of long COVID in a previously healthy 26-year-old, detailing treatment trials and near-total remission, but provides no new generalizable data.

This case report highlights a rare instance of gastric trichobezoar, or "Rapunzel syndrome," associated with trichotillomania, characterized by hair accumulation in the stomach of a patient.

This case report describes a rare instance of a patient with trichotillomania also developing a gastric trichobezoar, leading to Rapunzel syndrome.

This study highlights the need to examine the impact of lifestyle drugs on society, particularly focusing on usage patterns among youth and the general public.

This paper explores the mechanisms causing depression in women with PCOS and suggests that lifestyle modifications, such as dietary changes and weight loss, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy and antidepressants, can help manage PCOS-induced depression.

This study identified six belief themes that may contribute to hairpulling behavior in women with trichotillomania, suggesting an important role for cognitions in this disorder's phenomenology.