Psychological Asepcts Of Skin Diseases

Question 1

What kind of psych interventions are there for derm?

Answer 1

Psychological interventions - CBT, Self help material, group therapy

Medication - antidepressants

Question 2

Examples of antidepressants?

Answer 2

Sertaline, fluoxetine, citalopram

Question 3

Ways to measure the psychosocial stress in skin disease?

Answer 3

Psoriasis disability index
Dermatitis family impact questionnaire
Dermatology life quality index
Acne disability questionnaire
General health questionnaire
Hamilton rating scaling for anxiety and depression

Question 4

What is dermatitis artefacta?

Answer 4

Lesions produced by individuals who want satisfy a psychological need, attract attention, or evade responsibility.

Question 5

Who is affected by dermatitis artefacta?

Answer 5

Late teens, early 20s
Past history of serious illness
Lesions formed in secret
Very strongly denied

Question 6

What is parasitosis?

Answer 6

Delusion that pts body is infested with an organism

Question 7

What is dysmorphophobia?

Answer 7

Complaint of an external physical defect that seems grossly abnormal to the individual that it is objectively

Question 8

What is trichotillomania?

Answer 8

Patient pulls out own hair
Often mental illness association

Question 9

What can chlorpromazine cause?

Answer 9

A blistering and crusting photosensitive rash

Question 10

What psychiatric drug would cause stevens Johnson syndrome?

Answer 10

Lamotrigine