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 | | The lifetime prevalence is between 1 and 2% (Lerner, Franklin, Meadows, Hembree & Foa, 1998) by conservative estimates and as high as 3.4% by other estimates (Mansueto, Stemberger, Thomas & Golomb, 1997). |
 | | The clinician explains the rationale for habit reversal (Lerner et al., 1998), it is intended to interrupt pulling, prevent additional pulling and cultivate an opposing behavior incompatible with hair pulling (Vitulano et al., 1992). |
 | | One technique for doing this is to ask the patient to recall how he or she effectively handled a lapse during active treatment (Lerner et al., 1998). |
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