It has been estimated that in at least one third of dermatology patients, effective
management of the skin disorder involves consideration of associated emotional factors …

Objective: This review focuses on classification and description of and current treatment
recommendations for psychocutaneous disorders. Medication side effects of both …

OBJECTIVE: Despite increasing recognition of the potentially severe medical and
psychosocial costs of pathologic skin picking (PSP), no large-sample, randomized …

Severe skin picking (SP) is a repetitive, intentionally performed behavior that causes
noticeable tissue damage and results in clinically significant distress or impairment. To date …

The prevalence of skin-picking and its associated characteristics were documented in a
nonclinical sample of 105 college students. Subjects completed a self-report skin-picking …

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to detail the phenomenology and medical consequences of
pathologic skin picking (PSP). METHOD: Sixty subjects (11.7% males) with PSP (mean±SD …

The phenomenon of hair pulling has been observed for several thousand years and at times
has been culturally sanctioned. For example, the early Greeks tore out (or alternatively …

This paper provides an updated review of the use of antidepressant drugs in dermatology.
Some of the psychiatric disorders that are usually comorbid with dermatological disorders …

Introduction Skin picking disorder (also known as excoriation disorder or dermatillomania) is
a common mental health disorder currently classified as an obsessive-compulsive and …

The Skin Picking Impact Scale (SPIS) is a self-report instrument developed to assess the
psychosocial consequences of repetitive skin picking. An initial 28-item scale was …