An adult case of psychogenic alopecia universalis.
A 39-year-old male with psychogenic alopecia universalis is reported to be a rare adult case. There are two characteristic features which are the reactive depressive state and hair loss on the head, eyebrows, axilla and genital organ. Discussions on the psychogenesis of these findings are as follows: The first is that the psychic escape from social life may be represented as the hair loss. And the second is that the depressive and anxious states as a result of his suffering from the initial alopecia areata which brought him changes in the physical image exaggerate the skin findings which lead to alopecia universalis.
Terashima
Y
Y
Psychiatric Service, University of Tsukuba Hospital, Japan.
Ichikawa
T
T
Suzuki
T
T
Koizumi
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008376:Maprotiline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008393:Marriage; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*
D008376:Maprotiline; D007099:Imipramine