Localization of self-inflicted dermatological lesions: what do they tell the dermatologist?
The dissimulating attitude of factitious patients creates the need for objective clinical features which cannot be faked and which have a genuine value for the psychiatric diagnosis and prognosis. The psychiatric significance of the localization of self-inflicted dermatological lesions is investigated in four psychiatric areas: the type of life events preceding specific localizations, underlying psychiatric profiles that are characteristic for a given localization, differential response to treatment and psychiatric sequels.
Van Moffaert
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Psychiatric Department, University Hospital of the State University, Ghent, Belgium.
D000328:Adult; D004522:Educational Status; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012652:Self Mutilation; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*