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ArticleCNS spectrums2025

Skin picking disorder and hazardous alcohol use.

Jon E Grant, Sophie Boutouis

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Article in CNS spectrums, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jon E Granthttps://ror.org/024mw5h28The University of Chicago, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7784-7021
Sophie BoutouisPsychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, https://ror.org/0076kfe04The University of Chicago Medicine, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9556-3935

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSkin picking disorder is characterized by repetitive excoriation of one's skin. Although skin picking disorder is associated with substance use problems, no previous research has examined the associations of alcohol use on skin picking symptomatology.

methodsAdults with skin picking disorder (

resultsOf the 182 adults with skin picking disorder, 62 (34.1%) met criteria for hazardous alcohol use. Hazardous drinking was associated with less frequent skin picking but higher overall picking-related severity and impairment, aggression, and rates of comorbid borderline personality disorder, gambling disorder, and compulsive sexual behavior disorder. Skin picking-related impairment predicted the degree of hazardous drinking while controlling for sex.

conclusionsThis study highlights the importance of screening for hazardous alcohol use in people with skin picking disorder. More research is needed to explore the relationship between aggression, hazardous alcohol use, and skin picking, as well as how treatments might best be adapted to treat individuals with this cluster of symptoms.

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AlcoholismDisruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct DisordersSelf-Injurious BehaviorSkinAdultExcoriation DisorderFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultaggressionalcoholexcoriationimpulsivitySkin picking

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PMID41382318
PMCPMC13064774

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