10 citations
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December 2016 in “Asian Journal of Psychiatry” This case report illustrates the relationship between psychosis and Sheehan's syndrome and discusses treatment challenges.
5 citations
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February 2010 in “Expert Review of Dermatology” This article reviews the interconnectedness of the skin and nervous system and discusses various treatment options for psychophysiological skin disorders, reporting no new clinical results.
1 citations
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November 2017 in “EMJ Dermatology” This review discusses the relationship between stress and skin disorders, highlighting psychodermatoses and recommending mind-body techniques and collaborative care involving dermatology, psychiatry, and psychology, without reporting new clinical results.
41 citations
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March 1992 in “Archives of Dermatology” This review provides practical guidelines for managing psychodermatologic disorders and concludes that psychopharmacologic agents offer a useful option for treatment, considering the underlying psychopathologic condition.
25 citations
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January 2015 in “Advances in Psychosomatic Medicine” This review discusses common psychodermatologic conditions and provides practical diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations but reports no new results; the authors emphasize the challenge of treating patients who lack insight into their psychiatric symptoms.
11 citations
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April 2023 in “Skin Health and Disease” This review discusses the interplay between dermatology and psychology in psychodermatology, highlighting the impact of neuroendocrine stress pathways on skin diseases and the importance of considering skin of color.
10 citations
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March 2018 in “Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia” This study observed that androgenetic alopecia had a more significant negative impact on psychological parameters in females than males, with some differences in psychosexual outcomes based on clinical stages.
January 2024 in “Medical Research Archives” This source highlights the emerging field of psychodermatology, which examines the interplay between psychological factors and skin disorders, noting a historical lack of attention due to inadequate professional training and emphasizing the need for integrated care involving dermatologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists.
127 citations
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December 2005 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study provides evidence that psychoemotional stress inhibits hair growth in mice by affecting the brain-hair follicle axis, with specific neuropeptides and treatments modulating this effect.
1 citations
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March 2024 in “The Journal of Dermatology” In this study, a multidisciplinary psychodermatology service treating children and young people with compulsive hair pulling reported varied success, with 45.4% achieving complete resolution and 36.4% seeing substantial improvement, suggesting a hybrid care model may benefit patient engagement and therapy outcomes.
July 2026 in “Bratislavské lekárske listy/Bratislava medical journal” This study found that patients with telogen effluvium who delayed hair washing or collected shed hair were more likely to have higher clinical severity and increased disease-related economic burdens, suggesting these behaviors can aid clinical assessments.
April 2026 in “Psychiatry Neurology and Medical Psychology” This study found that women with mixed alopecia exhibited significantly higher levels of depression, anxiety, and stress compared to those with metabolic alopecia, with these emotional disturbances closely linked to heightened mental maladaptation.
November 2025 in “Universal library of medical and health sciences.” This review highlights that while permanent eyebrow correction via micropigmentation may help restore visual appearance for patients experiencing eyebrow loss post-chemotherapy, the psychoemotional benefits of this procedure remain unclear, demonstrating a need for further research into its impact on quality of life.
This review explores psychodermatology and platelet-rich plasma as complementary approaches for enhancing patient-centered care in dermatology, reporting no new results but highlighting their potential to improve outcomes and quality of life.
March 2025 in “International Journal of Clinical Dermatology” This study proposed a detailed classification of psychodermatosis by examining three cases that illustrate the interaction between the brain and skin, resulting in conditions like trichotillomania and factitious dermatitis.
July 2018 in “British Journal of Dermatology” Mindfulness reduces anxiety and depression in skin disease patients; dermatologists and psychiatrists often lack confidence in treating psychodermatological conditions.
This review highlights the multifaceted roles of skin in immune and endocrine functions, stressing its contributions to psycho-immunological and psycho-endocrine responses, but presents no new research findings.
This study found that personality characteristics are significantly related to the severity, duration, and pattern of androgenetic alopecia in women.
January 2009 in “Springer eBooks” The document concludes that treating skin conditions should include psychological care and a multidisciplinary approach is essential for effective management.
3 citations
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January 2010 in “Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas” This paper reviews the growing use of psychotropic drugs in dermatology due to the link between mental states and skin conditions but does not present new clinical findings.
October 2024 in “Journal of Case Reports in Medical Science” This case report describes a woman whose psychiatric symptoms preceded the clear signs of systemic lupus erythematosus, which could suggest they were early indicators of SLE or related to an underlying mental disorder exacerbated by SLE.
In this case report, a 19-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus experienced significant improvement in neuropsychiatric symptoms, including psychosis and seizures, following treatment with high-dose corticosteroids, immunosuppressants, and antidepressants.
2 citations
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December 2023 in “JEADV. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology/Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study, involving an international panel of 16 psychodermatology experts, proposed a new classification system for psychodermatology disorders that aims to unify previous classifications and improve their management by systematizing disorders into two main categories: primary mental health disorders and primary skin disorders.
December 2015 in “DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)” This review analyzes the psychoemotional impact of alopecia on women, highlighting how changes in appearance and treatment challenges can affect their emotional well-being and treatment efficacy.
36 citations
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January 2018 in “Scientific reports” This study observed that dietary intake of glucoraphanin during juvenile and adolescent stages prevented cognitive deficits and abnormal gene expressions in the brain of adult offspring exposed to maternal immune activation, potentially implicating centrosome-related genes in the development of psychosis.
23 citations
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January 2016 in “Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry” This study observed that drug-naïve first-episode psychosis patients had higher hair cortisol concentrations than healthy controls, and these concentrations correlated with the severity of psychopathology.
22 citations
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February 2002 in “European Neuropsychopharmacology” The researchers found that using hair analysis to detect past use of cannabinoids or amphetamines in individuals with psychosis was limited by individual variations in hair growth rates, affecting the method's reliability.
This case report details a 28-year-old male who developed trichotillomania following a traumatic brain injury, highlighting diagnostic challenges in distinguishing overlapping psychiatric and compulsive behaviors, and underscores the importance of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment approach.
October 2012 in “European Neuropsychopharmacology” This study found that videoconferencing enabled reliable and consistent assessment of negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia, demonstrating high interrater reliability among blinded independent raters.
4 citations
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January 2019 in “Clinical and Experimental Dermatology” This study reported improvements in trichotillomania symptoms among patients who engaged with a psychodermatology service, despite a high rate of missed appointments.