ReviewCureus2025
Understanding the Association Between Mental Health and Hair Loss.
Review in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Post-marketing safety of CGRP monoclonal antibodies and gepants: A systematic review of spontaneous reporting system data.Headache · 2026Pooled it
- Effectiveness, Tolerability, and Acceptance of a Food Supplement in the Management of Non-Illness-Related Hair Loss and Thinning.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2026Trial
- Androgenetic alopecia in polycystic ovary syndrome: a cutaneous marker of systemic metabo-inflammatory and endocrine dysfunction.Endocrine connections · 2026Review
- The brain-skin connection: A narrative review of neuroendocrine and immune pathways.JAAD international · 2026Article
- The brain-gut-skin axis in inflammatory and disfiguring skin diseases: mechanistic insights, clinical correlations, and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Review
- Botanical drug preparations for alleviating hair loss in menopausal women: a global ethnopharmacological mini-review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Causal Relationship Between Sleep Characteristics and Alopecia Areata and Other Non-Scarring Alopecia: A Two-Sample Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Analysis.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Article
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2 authors.
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Abstract
This literature review aims to analyze the association between mental health disorders and various types of hair loss, including telogen effluvium, androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, and compulsive disorders such as trichotillomania. A comprehensive review of recent studies was conducted to explore the bidirectional relationship between psychiatric conditions and hair loss, with emphasis on neurobiological mechanisms and psychosocial consequences. Findings show that psychiatric disorders can contribute to or exacerbate hair loss, while hair loss may lead to psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphic disorder. Proposed mechanisms include immune dysfunction, neuroendocrine imbalance, microinflammation, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) depletion, gut-brain-skin axis dysregulation, and medication-induced disruptions in hair cycling. Furthermore, individuals with somatic symptom disorder may report hair loss in the absence of clinical findings, complicating diagnosis and care. This review concludes that an interdisciplinary treatment model integrating dermatological and psychiatric support is essential for accurate diagnosis, effective treatment, and overall patient well-being.
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