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Dermatitis Artefacta
Author(s) -
Moffaert M.,
Vermander F.,
Kint A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1985.tb05447.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hostility , ambivalence , dermatology , personality , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis , psychology
Self‐inflicted dermatoses mainly refer to psychiatric disturbances such as psychoses, mental retardation, and personality disorders. Diagnostic clues are found in the nature and the evolution of the lesions as well as in the ambivalent combination of dependency on doctors and hostility toward them revealed in the patient's medical history. Management of dermatitis artefacta patients means dealing with the complex emotional issue of a basic antagonism in the dermatologist‐patient relationship. Both the dermatologist and the dermatologic nursing staff should show an understanding and nonaggressive attitude.