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Body-Focused Repetitive Behavior (BFRB) is an umbrella name for impulse control〔(Scientific Advances in Trichotillomania and Related Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors ), November 4, 2004, National Institute of Mental Health〕 behaviors involving compulsively damaging one's physical appearance or causing physical injury.〔(AAMFT Consumer Update - Hair Pulling, Skin Picking and Biting: Body-Focused Repetitive Disorders ), American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy〕 The main BFRB disorders are:〔(Trichotillomania (TTM) & Related Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs) ), The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia〕 *Trichotillomania, compulsive hair pulling *Onychophagia, compulsive nail biting *Dermatillomania, compulsive skin picking *Trichotemnomania, compulsive hair cutting BFRB disorders can also include Dermatophagia (compulsive skin biting), biting the insides of the cheeks, lip picking, blemish squeezing, and Rhinotillexomania (compulsive nose picking).〔 BFRB disorders are not generally considered obsessive-compulsive disorders.〔 ==Causes== The cause of BFRBs is unknown. Emotional variables may have a differential impact on the expression of BFRBs. Researchers are investigating a possible genetic component.〔〔ABC News 20/20 Hair Pulling, 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Body-focused repetitive behavior」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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