objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence ofpsychiatric disorders in patients with dermatologic disease and its relationship to the patients' quality of life. method: this study was cross-sectional. a total of 414 patients with various dermatologic diseases participated in this study. the participants were recruited from an outpatient clinic and inpatient ward of a referra...

Background: Thirty to forty percent of the patients referred to dermatologic clinics are estimated to have psychiatric problems. These patients either are those who have developed dermatologic problems as a consequence of their primary psychiatric disorders or those who have developed psychiatric disorders following their chronic and disfiguring dermatologic problems. The third group are psycho...

  Participation in sport activities has become increasingly popular, as a result, more patients are referred 10 dermatologists for disorders caused by sport activities. During most forms of exercise, the skin and it's appendages are under constant assault by traumatic and other environmental factors that can cause injury. Physical activity also predispose s the skin to infection and can exacer...

Corresponding author: Naista Zhand Psychiatry & Psychology Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, South Kargar Ave., Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-21-55412222 Fax: +98-21-55419113 Email: [email protected] Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in patients with dermatologic disease and its relationship to the patients' quality of life. Method: This study ...

Depressive disorders are more common in the population affected with dermatologic disorders. Comorbidity of depression and dermatologic disorders is around 30%. The correlation between depressive and dermatologic disorders still remains unclear. In psychodermatology three disorders are described: a) psychophysiological disorders (both disorders induced and maintained by stressors), b) secondary...

BACKGROUND Hypnosis is an alternative or complementary therapy that has been used since ancient times to treat medical and dermatologic problems. OBJECTIVE To describe the various uses for hypnosis as an alternative or complementary therapy in dermatologic practice. METHODS A MEDLINE search was conducted from January 1966 through December 1998 on key words related to hypnosis and skin disor...