Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
A Cross Sectional Study on Evaluation of Psychiatric Morbidity in Dermatology Patients
Dr. Swati Arora, Dr. Varun Khullar, Dr. Shivani Aggarwal
JCDR. 2022: 3456-3460
Abstract
Introduction: Due to its receptivity to emotional cues and capacity to communicate emotions like wrath, fear, embarrassment, and frustration, skin has a specific place in psychiatry. Disfiguring skin conditions may turn out to be psychological catastrophes because they not only harm the patient's self-esteem but also induce stigmatization. The aim of present study is to assess the psychiatric morbidity in dermatology patients
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