I Have Dermatillomania
I am just going to drop this here, for anyone who doesn't know yet.
The outlined Diagnostic Criteria for Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder (according to the DSM-5):
1. Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions.
2. Repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin picking.
3. The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupation, or other important areas of functioning.
4. The skin picking is not attributable to the psychological effects of a substance (e.g., cocaine) or another medical condition (e.g., scabies).
5. The skin picking is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder (e.g., delusions or tactile hallucinations in a psychotic disorder, attempts to improve a perceived defect or flaw in appearance in body-dysmorphic disorder, stereotypes in stereotypic movement disorder, or intention to harm oneself in non-suicidal self-injury)
The outlined Diagnostic Criteria for Excoriation (Skin-Picking) Disorder (according to the DSM-5):
1. Recurrent skin picking resulting in skin lesions.
2. Repeated attempts to decrease or stop skin picking.
3. The skin picking causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupation, or other important areas of functioning.
4. The skin picking is not attributable to the psychological effects of a substance (e.g., cocaine) or another medical condition (e.g., scabies).
5. The skin picking is not better explained by symptoms of another mental disorder (e.g., delusions or tactile hallucinations in a psychotic disorder, attempts to improve a perceived defect or flaw in appearance in body-dysmorphic disorder, stereotypes in stereotypic movement disorder, or intention to harm oneself in non-suicidal self-injury)
26-30, F
