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This review discusses trichotillomania, its prevalence, and treatment options, emphasizing that many sufferers experience delays in treatment due to secrecy and shame, but reports no new research findings.

This article reviews trichotillomania, highlighting its prevalence, common treatment options, and challenges such as secrecy and delayed treatment, but reports no new clinical results.

Finasteride may lower depression risk in younger men with hair loss but increase it in older men with prostate issues.

This review discusses the developmental and psychological significance of skin and emphasizes the need for considering stress effects when evaluating and treating psychocutaneous diseases, without reporting new clinical results.

This review examines the existing research on pathologic hairpulling, skin picking, and nail biting, suggesting these behaviors are underrecognized and may benefit from a unified diagnostic categorization; it reports no new clinical findings.

This study observed that patients newly diagnosed with alopecia areata frequently experience mental health issues, with anxiety and depression being the most common, highlighting the importance of integrated medical and psychological care for these individuals.

This paper outlines the clinical features of artefactual skin disorder, emphasizing the complexities in diagnosing the self-inflicted lesions that patients deny, and underscores the importance of integrating dermatological, psychiatric, and psychological treatment approaches.

This article discusses the diagnosis and management of autoerythrocyte sensitization syndrome, emphasizing the importance of excluding other causes and integrating psychiatric consultation, but it reports no new clinical results.

This review discusses Ganser syndrome as a rare and misunderstood disorder within psychiatric practice, noting its exclusion from the DSM-5 and potential dual origins as organic or psychogenic.

In this review, researchers examined current knowledge on alopecia areata, finding it affects approximately 2% of individuals, with a likely autoimmune and genetic basis, and highlighting its association with other medical and psychiatric conditions, although no cure currently exists.

This discussion highlights that alopecia areata incognita is challenging to diagnose and treat, with systemic corticosteroids potentially leading to remission when local treatments fail.

This case report described a 32-year-old woman with plica neuropathica who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after initially seeking dermatological care for her severely matted hair, illustrating a rare presentation of schizophrenia and the importance of considering psychiatric conditions in such cases.

This article reviews different types of alopecia, their diagnosis, and treatment options available in a family physician's practice, but it reports no new research findings.

This article reviews the care of transgender patients, encompassing diagnosis, treatment options, and challenges in health care access, but does not present new research findings; the authors emphasize the critical role of providers in addressing transgender health needs.

This study found that adult trichotillomania is a chronic disorder often linked with high psychiatric comorbidity and suggests the tension-reduction criterion in diagnoses might be too restrictive.

This case report described a 16-year-old girl with trichotillomania, highlighting the challenges in diagnosing the condition due to its similarity with alopecia areata and the sociocultural barriers preventing acceptance of psychiatric treatment.

This article reviews studies on younger men using finasteride for hair loss, finding persistent sexual and nonsexual side effects like erectile dysfunction and depression, and reports lower neurosteroid levels in affected individuals.

In this literature review, it was reported that mental health disorders may both contribute to and be exacerbated by various types of hair loss, and an interdisciplinary treatment model is recommended for effective diagnosis and patient care.

This study highlights that dissecting cellulitis of the scalp affects a diverse racial population and is associated with male sex, metabolic dysfunction, and psychiatric comorbidities, challenging its traditional characterization as primarily a disorder of Black men.

In this study, body dysmorphic disorder symptoms in dermatological patients were strongly linked to psychiatric issues and reduced quality of life, particularly among those with unclassified dermatoses.

This case report describes a rare instance of a patient with anorexia nervosa who was subsequently diagnosed with Cushing's syndrome, highlighting diagnostic challenges due to overlapping symptoms.

This study reviews literature showing that trichotillomania significantly reduces quality of life and emphasizes that effective treatment requires an interdisciplinary approach involving dermatology and psychiatry to address its psychiatric component.

This study found that opiate use was particularly associated with personality and behavioral disorders, while cannabis and legal highs were linked to psychotic disorders, and legal highs with schizophrenia.

In this review, skin changes like hair loss and brittle nails linked to nutritional deficiencies common in eating disorders are examined as critical diagnostic tools, highlighting the need for integrated care involving dermatologists, psychiatrists, and nutritionists for effective management.

This case report detailed a rare diagnosis of Rapunzel syndrome, where intussusception in a young girl was caused by trichobezoars linked to undiagnosed trichotillomania and trichophagia.

This case report highlighted two instances of bezoar disease: a massive gastric trichobezoar in a teenage girl and multiple gastrointestinal phytobezoars in an adult man, underscoring the importance of CT imaging for diagnosis and the effectiveness of surgical intervention for removing large or multiple bezoars.

This article reviews the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical manifestations of polycystic ovary syndrome, highlighting current treatment and management options, but reports no new research findings.

This case report describes a 10-year multidisciplinary treatment of a transgender woman in Slovenia, reporting a successful medical and social transition with stable emotional health, abstinence from alcohol, and no regrets following her transition.

This joint consensus statement from several Polish professional associations discusses strategies for improving obesity treatment and enhancing primary care's role in managing obesity, with no new empirical data reported.