TLDR Patients with non-scarring alopecia often experience emotional disorders like depression and stress.
The document from 8 years ago, authored by Mareeva A.N. and Kondrakhina I.N., discussed the psycho-emotional conditions of patients with non-cicatrazing alopecia, specifically circumscribed and androgenetic alopecia. The authors highlighted the prevalence of psycho-emotional disorders in these patients, including preoccupying, depressive, and other pathological psychogenic conditions. They emphasized the importance of identifying these conditions to improve the quality of medical help for patients with chronic alopecia. The authors did not provide specific data or the number of participants involved in the study.
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