Skin Picking Disorder .. What is it?
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2021-09-17

We’ve probably all seen people pick at their skin before, whether it’s at a pimple, scab, or at dry, flaky skin. However, not everyone who picks at their skin has a serious problem. So, what differentiates normal skin picking from abnormal skin picking — one that becomes a disorder? This video will discuss the diagnostic criteria of skin picking disorder, or excoriation disorder, according to the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or DSM-5.

We also created a video awareness around on self-harm: https://youtu.be/1HvlSvhFpKU 

Credit: 
Writer: Monica Taing
Script Editor: Riley Lin
Script Manager: Kelly Soong 
VO: Amanda Silvera 
Animator: Crystal C (new animator)
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-5®). American Psychiatric Pub.