title: Patients with mood depression have a high prevalence of seborrhoeic dermatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maietta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fornaro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rongioletti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rebora
mesh_terms: 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