Onychotillomania as manifestation for underlying depressive disorder

In International Classification of Diseases-10 (ICD-10), onychotillomania may be classified among the other impulse control disorders not explained by any other mental disorder along with other impulse control disorders such as trichotillomania, seen in 1 in 200 individuals, [1] whereas the incidence of onychotillomania is thought to be much lower and widely underreported. T.A.T findings were consistent with an affective disorder with manifest neurotic tendencies. Since the first case of onychotillomania was first described in 1934, [2],[3] our knowledge about this problem is still based only on a few case reports.