title: Psychotherapeutic strategy and neurotic excoriations.
abstract: This article sketches the planning of psychotherapy as a treatment for neurotic excoriations (NE). The program is developed on the basis of information collected in an investigation of 63 consecutive, first-time referrals of NE patients to a dermatology department, and the findings from a follow-up after 1 to 5 years. The offer of social advice and support, but not psychotherapy, was included in the investigation program. At the time of follow-up, NE had healed for 13 of the 63 patients. The information gathered indicates that a treatment model should be eclectic in form so as to allow for individual variances in, for example, age, intelligence level, and motivation for psychiatric intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Odense University Hospital, Denmark.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fruensgaard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D011537:Pruritus / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012652:Self Mutilation / Q000628:therapy*