title: [Preliminary approach to the mental component in dermatologic patients].
abstract: The aim of this study was to approach on a psychical point of view 27 patients suffering from chronic idiopathic urticaria (14), pruritus sine materia (6), alopecia areata (3), pathomimia (4), in order to examine the possibility that psychic disorders could act as triggering or aggravating the dermatological affection. Psychical assessment was evaluated by colloquy and by the administration of some psychodiagnostic tests: EPI, MMPI, Zung. The role of psychogenic factors in skin diseases is emphasized and the results obtained from the use of antidepressant and minor tranquilizer drugs are discussed.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Di Prima
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Pasquale
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gilotta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cravotta
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents
vernacular_title: Approccio preliminare sulla componente psichica in dermopazienti.