Dissociation and conversion symptoms in dermatology

Clinics in Dermatology
Madhulika A GuptaAditya K Gupta

Abstract

Dissociation and conversion (defined as the somatic component of dissociation) can play an important mediating role in the exacerbation of the stress-reactive dermatoses (eg, psoriasis, idiopathic urticaria, atopic dermatitis), dermatoses that are exacerbated by excessive scratching (eg, lichen simplex chronicus, prurigo nodularis) and koebnerization, and the self-induced dermatoses (dermatitis artefacta, acne excoriée, skin picking disorder, trichotillomania, onychotillomania/onychophagia). Dissociative symptoms often coexist with obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the more severe cases of the self-induced dermatoses. Dissociation can play an important role in cutaneous sensory disorder (eg, scalp dysesthesia syndrome, stomatodynia/glossodynia, vulvodynia/scrotodynia, medically unexplained anesthesia). Dissociation typically occurs in the context of extreme psychosocial stress and a history of severe abuse/neglect during early life. Dissociative patients may experience a sense of detachment from their body and present in a state of extreme self-neglect, including denial of serious skin disorders. Amnesia is one of the core symptoms of dissociation; therefore, patients, who self-induce their skin lesions during a dissociative epi...Continue Reading

Citations

Jun 20, 2018·International Journal of Dermatology·Mohammad Jafferany, Maryam E Davari
Nov 2, 2018·Annals of Plastic Surgery·Joshua A DavidErnest S Chiu
Jun 25, 2021·Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology·Mohan GautamMauran Sivananthan
Jun 18, 2021·Clinical and Experimental Dermatology·M StaraceA Alessandrini

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