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Dermatoses with Important Psychiatric and Social Co-Morbidities

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Chronic dermatologic disease with visible lesions may result in lifelong psychosocial distress among afflicted patients. In this chapter, we present factors that may result in certain individuals to develop psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety, secondary to a dermatologic disease. Specific patient-centered contributors like body-image satisfaction, disease-related characteristics (size, appearance, chronicity), and external sociocultural aspects are discussed. Further, we delve into common psychiatric conditions resulting from primary dermatologic diseases.

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

    Arsh Patel

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

    Mohammad Jafferany

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

    Bárbara Roque Ferreira

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

    Bárbara Roque Ferreira

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Patel, A., Jafferany, M., Roque Ferreira, B. (2020). Dermatoses with Important Psychiatric and Social Co-Morbidities. In: The Essentials of Psychodermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45582-8_8

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