Geriatric dermatoses are a challenging job for the physician in terms of diagnosis,
management, and followup. Since skin of the elderly population is going through a lot of …

Psychodermatology is an interesting domain of dermatology that overlaps with psychiatry.
This arena in dermatology has received limited diligence, partly due to lack of training in this …

Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), such as hair pulling, skin picking, and nail biting
are common habits, but their pathological manifestations have been considered rare …

Importance Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs; eg, skin picking) encompass a set of
conditions at the interface of dermatology and psychiatry/psychology. The disorder is …

Skin-picking disorder, also known as excoriation disorder or psychogenic skin excoriations,
is an obsessive–compulsive and related disorder that is classified with other body-focused …

Psychocutaneous disease, defined in this review as primary psychiatric disease with skin
manifestations, is commonly encountered in dermatology. Dermatologists can play an …

Importance Psychocutaneous disease affects an underrecognized patient population facing
misdiagnosis and a reduced quality of life due to knowledge gaps and insufficient …

BACKGROUND: Dermatologists provide the bulk of psychocutaneous care; however, recent
studies suggest that dermatologists believe they are largely underprepared to treat most …

Dermatologists are often the first to treat the medical consequences of body-focused
repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) such as hair pulling, skin picking, and others. BFRBs are still …

Acne vulgaris (AV) is a skin disease that is commonly seen and causes scar formation
especially when left untreated. It can cause serious psychological comorbidities due to the …