The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. Excoriation disorder, sometimes colloquially referred to as skin picking disorder, is a newly added disorder in the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed. American psychiatric association [apa], 2013). Dermatillomania is a mental health condition where a person compulsively picks or scratches their skin, causing injuries or scarring Those who engage in skin picking tend to pick from multiple body sites, for extended periods of time, targeting both healthy and previously damaged skin.
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