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StopPicking.com: Internet-based treatment for self-injurious skin picking

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: StopPicking.com is an interactive self-help approach derived from an evidence-based cognitive behavioral model of treatment for skin picking (SP). We examined the development and two phases of program evaluation for an Internet-based self-help treatment for self-injurious SP. Participants included 372 individuals consecutively enrolling in StopPicking.com during a 5-month period. Results revealed significant reductions in frequency of picking episodes and symptom severity ratings from baseline to post-intervention. Treatment response rates were comparable or superior to previous research utilizing pharmacotherapy for the treatment of SP suggesting that StopPicking.com may provide an alternative or adjunctive treatment for SP. The current study is limited by lack of a control condition and use of a non-referred sample of skin pickers.

Source: Dermatology Online Journal

DOI: 10.5070/d31dx97474

Authors: Christopher A Flessner, Suzanne Mouton-Odum, Allison J Stocker, Nancy J Keuthen

Institution: University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Language: English

Topic: Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1499530089

FWCI: 1.755

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Cited by: 48

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