Psychiatry
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 81-84, 1 March 2006

Psychodermatology

  • Ruth E Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Ruth E Taylor is Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry at Bart's and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
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  • Anthony Bewley

      Affiliations

    • Anthony Bewley is Consultant Dermatologist at the Royal London Hospitals NHS Trust, and at Whipps Cross University Hosptial NHS Trust, UK.
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  • Nicole Melidonis

      Affiliations

    • Nicole Melidonis is a Specialist Registrar in Adult Psychiatry at the Royal London Hospital, London, UK. She qualified from the University of Newcastle, Australia and trained in Psychiatry in Australia and at the Charing Cross and Royal London-Bart's Psychiatric training schemes.

Abstract 

Psychodermatology deals with illness where there is an interaction between psychological and skin disorders. This article outlines a classification of such illness into (1) primary dermatologic disorders which are precipitated or exacerbated by psychological factors; (2) secondary psychiatric disorders which arise from primary dermatologic conditions; and (3) primary psychiatric disorders which are manifest via the skin. General points about the clinical management of this group of disorders are made. The main disorders within each category are briefly discussed in terms of epidemiology, aetiology and treatment. Finally, the skin complications of psychotropics are listed, and the main psychiatric complications of commonly used dermatologic treatments are outlined.

Keywords:  psychological medicine , delusional parasitosis , dermatitis artefacta , body dysmorphic disorder , psychodermatology , psychotropics , skin disorders , trichotillomania

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PII: S1476-1793(06)70014-3

doi:10.1383/psyt.2006.5.3.81

Psychiatry
Volume 5, Issue 3 , Pages 81-84, 1 March 2006

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