Nose-picking and burping. Mucophagy, which is eating the extracted mucus, may be considered more taboo, and is sometimes portrayed in comedies. To be caught nose-picking may be considered humiliating. When nose picking becomes a body-focused repetitive behavior or obsessive–compulsive disorder it is known as rhinotillexomania. Most cases do not meet this pathological threshold. When it does, however, treatments similar to other BFRBs can be employed. The environment of the nose and the dried secretions removed contain many microorganisms. When a person is contagious with a cold, flu or other virus, it is important that hands or other objects used to remove
University of Florida Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Program Center. In addition, UF OCD program staff collaborate with the Florida Recovery Center at the University of Florida. The UF OCD Program uses cognitive behavioral therapy with exposure and response prevention (CBT-E/RP), a empirically validated treatment for OCD and other anxiety disorders. The clinic treats both children and adults with OCD and has a success rate higher than the national average. In addition to clinical services, the clinic serves as a functioning research facility. The clinic has been used as a site for the validation of the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale as well as a treatment site for several