Main description:

This book represents a simple, practical resource for all healthcare professionals working with dermatological patients with psychological aspects to their disease. The emphasis is on effective guidance rather than exhaustive case reviews, providing readers with a manual on the appropriate way to approach management of the patient in each case.

Comprehensive in coverage, but concise in its delivery of information, Psychodermatology in Clinical Practice presents an idealized approach to management of psychodermatology patients within a global perspective, and provides practical tools to aid assessment of patients and in the decision-making process. It is suitable for dermatologists, psychiatrists and psychologists, dermatology nursing staff, primary care physicians and pediatricians.

Contents:

Introduction

History

Exam

Assessment tools

Psych assessment

Risk assessment

- Children

- Vulnerable adults

- Suicide

- Litigation

Psychpharmacology

Psychological Immunology

Delusional disorders

- Delusional infestation

- Olfactory reference syndrome

- Other delusional disorders

OCDs

- BDD

- Trichotilomania

- &nbs

p; Compulsive hand washing

- Other

Factitious skin diseases

- Dermatitis artifacta

- Malingering skin disease

- Other factitious skin diseases

- Factitious diseasese imposed on others

Nodular prurigo

Psychogenic Itch

Dysesthesias

- Vulvadynia

- Penascrotadynia

- Other dysesthesias

Trigeminal trophic syndrome

Affective disorders in dermatology

- Depression

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sp; Anxiety

- Others

Substance abuse

- Alcohol

- Recreational drugs