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The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking (2022)
Journal Article
Anderson, S., Clarke, V., & Thomas, Z. (2023). The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(1), 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12427

Objectives: Problematic skin picking (SP) is a poorly understood experience characterised by a drive to pick the skin and related psychosocial impact. In the DSM-5, problematic SP is classified as ‘excoriation (skin picking) disorder’. The aim of thi... Read More about The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking.

The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking (2022)
Thesis
Anderson, S. The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking. (Thesis). University of the West of England. Retrieved from https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7239383

Problematic skin picking is a poorly understood experience characterised by a drive to repeatedly pick the skin and related psychosocial impact. Researchers have sought to understand and conceptualise this picking through noting its common characteri... Read More about The problem with picking: Permittance, escape and shame in problematic skin picking.