INTRODUCTION Neurotic excoriation is a psychodermatological disease of primary psychological/psychiatric genesis, responsible for self-induced dermatological disorders. Childhood traumatic events are closely related with self-injurious behaviors. The aim of this study is to evaluate the psychiatric features of neurotic excoriation and to investigate the effect of childhood traumatic events on t...

various studies suggest that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (ssris) may be useful in treating pathological skin picking (psp). this study sought to assess effectiveness of citalopram in comparison with placebo in treating psp. forty five individuals with psp were recruited in a four-week, randomized clinical trial of citalopram (20 mg/day) in comparison with placebo. study measures ass...

Background: On average, one-third of patients seeking treatment for skin problems have associated psychological stress or psychiatric disease. Most psychodermatologic visit a dermatologist instead psychiatrist. It is important to recognize the signs and symptoms immediately, make prompt diagnosis do comprehensive that involves multi-disciplinary approach, including dermatology, psychiatry other...

Neurotic excoriation is a commonly encountered dermatologic syndrome, which is usually associated with psychiatric pathology, most commonly obsessive-compulsive traits and depression. This disorder typically runs a chronic course. In addition to symptomatic dermatologic treatments for the self-inflicted excoriations and secondary pruritus, the treatment for this disorder is primarily psychiatri...

OBJECTIVE Macromastia can cause psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, and decreases in self-esteem and self-confidence. These problems often externalize themselves on the skin, causing lesions characterized by various degrees of excoriations and lichenified plaques. Mammaplasty operations are very effective in the treatment of neurotic excoriations and similar skin lesions as w...

Background: Lichen simplex chronicus (LSC), nodular prurigo (NP), and neurotic excoriation (NE) are considered as psychogenic pruritus disorders. Atopic dermatitis (AD) is also classified by some as a psychocutaneous disorder to point out the influence of psychologic factors in its recurrence, persistence and precipitation. AD and psychogenic pruritus share many common features including immuno...

Hypnotic suggestion successfully alleviated the behavioral picking aspect of acne excoriée des juenes filles in a pregnant woman who had been picking at the acne lesions on her face for 15 years. Acne excoriée is a subset of psychogenic or neurotic excoriation. Conventional topical antibiotic treatment was used to treat the acne. Compared with other treatments for uncomplicated acne excoriée, h...