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Ms. Dickinson is a 56 year-old new patient presenting with severe scalp dermatitis and psoriasiform scaling, for which a tentative diagnosis of scalp psoriasis has been made. She reports trying several topical agents, each for a few days on six different occasions over a 3-month period, with inadequate control. The referring dermatologist, who called you prior to the patient visit, is concerned that her insufficient response to therapy has been a result of poor compliance. He notes that she typically resists his treatment recommendations, and on several occasions has made blanket statements indicating her distrust of medical professionals.
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Nguyen, T.V., Wong, J.W., Koo, J. (2014). The Distrustful and Poorly Compliant Patient. In: Clinical Cases in Psychocutaneous Disease. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4312-3_7
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