Welcome to the Attention Deficit Disorder Expert Podcast series by Attitude Magazine.

Hello my name is Annie Rogers and on behalf of the attitude team I'm pleased to welcome

you to today's 80 HD experts presentation titled nail biting, skin picking, hair pulling,

understanding body focused repetitive behaviors with 80 HD.

A common but rarely discussed comorbid diagnosis related to 80 HD is body focused repetitive

behaviors or BFRB with symptoms ranging from nail biting, hair pulling, cheek biting

and beyond in both children and adults.

These behaviors are often chronic and individuals with BFRBs report feeling pleasure and or

pain from these habits.

Although many people with BFRBs want to stop these behaviors they feel compelled to

perform them and many are not even aware that they're engaging in these behaviors.

So in today's webinar we will learn much more about the symptoms and causes of various

BFRBs as well as recommended treatments in individuals who also have 80 HD.

Leading today's presentation we are very pleased to welcome Dr. Roberto Olivardia.

Dr. Olivardia is clinical psychologist and clinical instructor of psychology at Harvard

Medical School.

He maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Lexington, Massachusetts where he specializes

in the treatment of 80 HD, executive functioning issues and issues that face students with

learning differences.

He also specializes in the treatment of body dysmorphic disorder, ADD, obsessive compulsive

disorder, OCD and in the treatment of eating disorder specifically in boys and men.

He is co-author of the Adonis Complex, a book that details the various manifestations

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