(Sort of) In celebration of the revamping of our weblog (among other things), we're doing something special this August. Instead of our usual slew of QnA sessions and latest news updates and such, we're going devoting an entire issue to one topic: Nail biting.
Over the months, several of our readers/viewers/listeners have written in to ask about their (or others', of "others'") nail biting habits. Unfortunately, we never quite got to answering any of their questions. A few weeks ago, however, an opportunity reared it's head. Someone in our team had a client come in to see him about a chronic nail biting habit. Now, if you flip through a clinical psychology textbook or even the DSM-IV-R (i.e., the Bible of psychological disorders), you won't find very much at all on nail biting. Most psychologists don't know very much at all about nail biting, having not engaged with the research as part of their formal training. So, the PsychoBabble team was dispatched to learn all there is to learn about nail biting, it's possible causes, effects, and treatments.
Now, the client's sorted, and he's kindly agreed to let us use him as a case study of sorts to talk about chronic nail biting. As usual, we've put all the information we can into several different formats. Over the next few days, there we'll be posting blog entries on nail biting. If you can't wait that long, or you can't be bothered reading the long version, you can download the 2-page newsletter. If you don't like reading, or have fallen in love with our podcaster's voice, you can download the PsychoBabble video podcasts on nail biting.
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