Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors: A Beginner's 2-Week Step-by-Step Guide for Managing Hair Pulling, Skin Picking, and Other BFRBs, With Sample Worksheets
About this ebook
These behaviors are overly done habits that are categorized as multifaceted disorders that cause individuals to recurrently touch or pick on their specific body parts that often result in physical harm.
These include pulling out hairs, biting fingernails, and picking on the skin, to name a few. Some are even related to other mental disorders, particularly Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety Disorder.
People with BFRBs usually find the behavior affects how they function in their daily lives. BFRBs usually manifest at a young age, but it’s still unclear when it actually occurs. Even the reason for BFRBs is still unclear, as studies regarding this are still very few.
This guide will help you understand more about this condition, as well as inform you about the different ways you can deal with it.
The information you can find in this guide regarding Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors is as follows:
Definition of BFRBs
Classifications of BFRBs
Recognizing BFRBs
Symptoms and treatments
Different ways and tools to help manage the behavior
