RT Book, Section
A1 Rieder, Evan
A1 Tausk, Francisco A.
A2 Goldsmith, Lowell A.
A2 Katz, Stephen I.
A2 Gilchrest, Barbara A.
A2 Paller, Amy S.
A2 Leffell, David J.
A2 Wolff, Klaus
SR Print(0)
ID 56055085
T1 Chapter 104. Psychocutaneous Skin Disease
T2 Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 8e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-166904-7
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56055085
RD 2024/04/19
AB |PrintPsychocutaneous  Diseases  at  a  GlancePrimarily  Psychiatric  DisordersDelusional:  Delusions  of  Parasitosis,  Body  Dysmorphic  Disorder.Factitial:  Dermatitis  Artefacta,  Dermatitis  Para-Artefacta  (Trichotillomania,  Skin  Picking),  Malingering.Somatoform:  Body  Dysmorphic  Disorder,  Atypical  Pain/burning,  Hypochondriasis,  Somatization.Obsessive  Compulsive  Disorders.Affecting  approximately  5%  of  dermatology  patients.Variable  degree  of  insight,  mostly  poor.Mostly  self-induced  lesions.Poor  prognosis  if  untreated.Quality  of  life  severely  deteriorated.