Open AccessPsychiatric morbidity and quality of life in skin diseases: A comparison of alopecia areata and psoriasis
Author(s) -
Sagar Karia,
Avinash De Sousa,
Nilesh Shah,
Sushma Sonavane,
Anup Bharati
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
industrial psychiatry journal/industrial psychiatry journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-2795
pISSN - 0972-6748
DOI - 10.4103/0972-6748.181724
Subject(s) - psoriasis , alopecia areata , medicine , depression (economics) , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , psychiatry , dermatology life quality index , hamilton anxiety rating scale , hamilton rating scale for depression , rating scale , severity of illness , dermatology , psychology , major depressive disorder , mood , developmental psychology , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
Alopecia areata (AA) and psoriasis are associated with various psychiatric comorbidities. Both greatly affect the quality of life (QOL) of patients and psychiatric comorbidities can further worsen it. Thus there is need to recognise psychiatric comorbidities and treat them in these patients.