Patients with mood depression have a high prevalence of seborrhoeic dermatitis.
Prevalence and severity of seborrhoeic dermatitis were studied in 150 patients with psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety and organic mental illness. As a control group, we examined 150 patients waiting for surgery and regarded as obviously anxious. Thirty-eight psychiatric patients were found to have seborrhoeic dermatitis, versus 13 in the surgery group. This statistically significant difference was entirely ascribable to patients with depression.
Maietta
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Department of Dermatology, University of Genoa, Italy.
Fornaro
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Rongioletti
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Rebora
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications; D012628:Dermatitis, Seborrheic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy