A perspective study of cutaneous manifestations in primary psychiatric disorders in a tertiary care hospital

Indian Journal of Psychiatry
Anne GeorgeSatish Rao

Abstract

Cutaneous disorders are frequently seen in psychiatric patients. This may be attributed to the common ectodermal origin of skin and neurons. There is a paucity of data on cutaneous comorbidity in primary psychiatric disorders. The aim of this study is to determine the pattern of cutaneous manifestations in patients with primary psychiatric disorders. This was a hospital-based observational study. A total of 210 patients suffering from various psychiatric disorders along with associated skin disease were recruited. Patients with an age <18 years and with history of substance abuse were excluded from this study. IBM SPSS Statistics, version 22 (IBM Corp, Armonk, NY, USA) was used for the statistical analysis. A total of 314 cutaneous manifestations were observed in the psychiatric patients recruited in this study. Among the patients surveyed, 88 patients were male (41.9%) and the remaining 122 patients (58.1%) were female. Primary psychiatric conditions observed were schizophrenia (25.7%), major depressive disorder (23.8%), bipolar mood disorder (23.3%), and psychosis not otherwise specified (11.9%). A majority (63.06%) of the cutaneous manifestations were noninfective dermatoses, and the rest (36.94%) were infective dermatoses. ...Continue Reading

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Jul 17, 2019·Experimental Dermatology·Tongyu C WikramanayakeRalf Paus
Aug 8, 2020·Dermatology : International Journal for Clinical and Investigative Dermatology·Meghan L McPhieMark G Kirchhof

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