Racial Variation in Reaction to Physical Stigma: A Study of Degree of Disturbance by Vitiligo Among Black and White Patients

Psychiatric morbidity in patients with vitiligo / Vitiligolu hastalarda psikiyatrik morbidite

“…In a study done with vitiligo patients, by increasing visibility of lesions, perceived stigmatization feeling also increases and self-esteem decreases (39). No statistical comparison was done due to lower number of patients (n=9) in our study.…”

Changes in Body Image Secondary to Disease and Injury

“…Subcultural distinctions also exist (Porter & Beuf, 1991). In one study, lower-class men, in contrast to those in the middle class, viewed a debility in their wives, such as blindness, as more undesirable than "mutilations" because of the wives' roles as economic contributors rather than as at-tractive status symbols (Gowman, 1957).…”

Quality of life, depression, and anxiety in Turkish children with vitiligo and their parents

“…For most of the cases, vitiligo is a progressive disorder that cannot be foreseen regarding its clinical characteristics [22]. In cases with vitiligo, it has been defined that quality of life might be connected to various factors and onset at younger ages is related to worse overall levels of life quality [23,24]. A limited number of studies exist in the literature that aims to evaluate emotional burden caused by vitiligo and the effect of the illness on psychosocial development, specifically in children and adolescents [25].…”

“…Even though vitiligo does not directly cause a physical distress, it might cause discomfort as it disrupts the physical appearance and affects the psyche in a very negative way [6,40]. Studies in this field indicate that patients with vitiligo might experience low self-esteem [23] and depression [6,41]. Brown et al [42] have defined depression, adjustment disorder, dysthymia, and other psychiatric disorders in 25% of vitiligo cases that had applied to outpatient units, while Sangma et al [43] have described a comorbidity rate with psychiatric disorders such as depression, in approximately 59% of cases afflicted with the skin condition.…”