Psychiatric morbidity in dermatology patients: Frequency and results of consultations

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dc.authorscopusid8707108600
dc.authorscopusid13006243900
dc.authorscopusid6603353190
dc.authorscopusid7004464167
dc.contributor.authorSeyhan M.
dc.contributor.authorAki T.
dc.contributor.authorKarincaoglu Y.
dc.contributor.authorOzcan H.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T19:59:07Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T19:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Dermatological patients quite commonly depict psychiatric morbidity. PURPOSES: To study the psychiatric morbidity among skin patients of our clinic. METHODS: In the present study, the patients who were treated in the Dermatology Clinic of Inonu University Medical Faculty were evaluated retrospectively. The age, gender, marital status, habits, dermatological and systemic diseases, previously used drugs, current therapy and psychiatric diagnosis of each patient were recorded. FINDINGS: Of 636 patients involved in the study, 15.3% had psychopathological problems, which were depression (32.0%), adjustment difficulty (15.5%), anxiety (13.4%), psychosomatic disorders (10.3%), obsessive-compulsive disorder and conversion (5.1%), dysthymic disorder (4.1%), attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (2.1%), panic attack (1.0%), premenstrual syndrome, schizophrenia, somatization disorder, insomnia, alcohol dependency, bipolar affective disorder, mental retardation, agoraphobia, social phobia and dementia. The dermatological diseases defined for the patients with psychopathology diagnosis were chronic urticaria (25.8%); psoriasis (15.5%); alopecia areata, totalis and iniversalis (11.3%); acute urticaria, neurodermatitis and Behcet's disease (5.1%); atopic dermatitis and drug eruptions (4.1%); pemphigus (3.1%); angioedema, contact dermatitis and generalized pruritus (2.1%); folliculitis and the others (1.0%). CONCLUSIONS: Psychiatric morbidity has an affect on the course of dermatological diseases. When required, psychiatric consultation should be sought by dermatology clinics and patients should be followed with the cooperation of dermatologists and psychiatrists. LIMITATION: The indoor-based study had not included any control group and any domicillary patient.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/0019-5154.25181
dc.identifier.endpage22en_US
dc.identifier.issn0019-5154
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-33747691611en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.startpage18en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.25181
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/90407
dc.identifier.volume51en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofIndian Journal of Dermatologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric morbidityen_US
dc.subjectSkin diseasesen_US
dc.titlePsychiatric morbidity in dermatology patients: Frequency and results of consultationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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