Is trichotillomania a mental illness?

Yes. Trichotillomania is a psychological disorder.

Psychological disorder psychological disorder psychological disorder (a psychological disorder of thought or emotion; a more neutral term than mental illness) wikipedia.

Trichotillomania trichotillomania trichotillomania, or "trich" as it is commonly known, an impulse control disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, facial hair, nose hair, pubic hair, eyebrows or other body hair wikipedia.

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