A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON EVALUATION OF PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN DERMATOLOGY PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER AT TELANGANA
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Dermatology, Psychiatric Morbidity, Skin
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.
Material & methods: The present observational study was conducted among 70 patients of dermatology diagnosed with psychiatric morbidity fulfilling the inclusion & exclusion criteria who visited to dermatologist during the study duration of one year. The recorded data was analyzed using SPPS version 25.0
Results: Out of 70 patients 35.7% were females and 64.3% were males. The mean age of males were 34.9±12.3 years and of females were 36.8±11.2 years. Among psychiatric diagnosis the most common problem was depression (30%) followed by adjustment disorder (15.7%). Dermatological diagnosis of patients with psychiatric morbidity showed that most common diagnosis was chronic utricaria (21.4%) followed by psoriasis (14.2%), alopecia (12.8%). Psychopathologies of the patients with urticaria, psoriasis, alopecia shows that maximum patients suffered from depression.
Conclusion: Dermatological illnesses have an impact on how they progress due to psychiatric morbidity. When necessary, dermatological clinics should seek out psychiatric evaluation, and patients should be monitored with the help of dermatologists and psychiatrists.
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Dr. Sindhuri Vongumalli
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital
Dr. Videesha Kamati
Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Maheshwara Medical College and Hospital.