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Screening Questionnaires, Scales and Approach to Patients with Psychodermatologic Disorders

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In this chapter, we present the main concepts to approach a patient with a psychodermatologic disorder. We present general topics to conduct a clinical history in psychodermatology as well as to perform a brief assessment of psychopathology and quality of life, that could be done in the context of general medicine. Most of these patients are not firstly seen by a specialist in psychodermatology. General education in this domain allows to identify relevant psychosocial aspects in dermatology, to address potentially easier clinical cases and to quickly refer those with risk criteria.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier de Mouscron, Mouscron, Belgium

    Bárbara Roque Ferreira

  2. Centre for Philosophy of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

    Bárbara Roque Ferreira

  3. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Psychodermatology, Central Michigan University & CMU Medical Education Partners, Saginaw, MI, USA

    Mohammad Jafferany

  4. Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Arsh Patel

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Roque Ferreira, B., Jafferany, M., Patel, A. (2020). Screening Questionnaires, Scales and Approach to Patients with Psychodermatologic Disorders. In: The Essentials of Psychodermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45582-8_6

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