A psychiatric survey of a random sample of out-patients attending a dermatological hospital

Subjective and Objective Characteristics of Patients Seen at a Psychodermatology Unit: One-year Experience in Malmö, Sweden

“…A high proportion of the patients in the current study had psychiatric morbidity, in parallel with findings from other clinical epidemiological studies of psychodermatology units (23,24) and of dermatology out-patient clinics (25)(26)(27). In the current study mood disorders were the largest group, both from the ICD-10 diagnoses (Table IV), and when assessed with HADS (Table V).…”

A Study of Personality Characteristics in Patients of Acne Vulgaris Attending Tertiary Care Hospital

“…to a random group of 100 dermatological outpatients, found no significant correlation of either neuroticism or extraversion with the diagnoses of skin lesions but this study included all dermatological diagnosis and not just acne. 23 A study by Sneddon I. et.al (1981) found out that neurotic personalities often maladjust to their acne. Acne acts as a trigger that causes the neuroses to become clinically evident.…”

Allergy Diagnosis in Atopic Eczema with the Atopy Patch Test

“…Again, it is worth noting that there was only one case of atopic dermatitis in this study so the generalisation of the subgroups to atopic dermatitis is probably inappropriate. Furthermore, like the study by Kenyon (1962), this study suffers as a result of the reliance on comparison with published norms rather than a control group. Jordan and Whitlock (1972) compared 18 atopic dermatitis subjects with 18 medical ward patients with diagnoses of infectious hepatitis, neurlogical disorders, hypertension, chronic heart disease, hyperthyroidism and 3 uncertain diagnoses on the 16PF, the EPI, the Buss-Durkee,Hostility Inventory, and Welsh's Additional MMPI scales of anxiety and repression.…”

“…The large number of subjects included in this study, as well as the use of four groups of subjects, including a neurotic control and medical control group are noteworthy features of this study. Kenyon (1962) administered the MPI to 100 first referrals aged 15 or over attending and outpatient department of a dermatological hospital. The diagnoses included neurodermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis, viral warts, fungal infections, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and eczema.…”