The psychiatric aspects of skin disorders

摘要: The skin and the psyche are linked from embryologic, biological, psychological cultural perspectives. Both brain developed same ectodermic germ layer. New evidence in psychoneuroimmunology suggest that both affected by immunologic vulnerabilities endocrine reactions. Emotional stress may exacerbate many chronic dermatoses can initiate a vicious cycle referred to as ‘itch–scratch cycle’; therefore, treatment of such cases be difficult without addressing stress. dynamic interaction between is also manifest cosmetic behavior, whereby state individual altered through widely utilized cosmetics procedures. motives for seeking procedures include desire enhance self-confidence, body image self-empowerment. Individuals genders becoming concerned about their physical appearance increasingly procedures....