title: Comment on "Personality disorders and psychiatric symptoms in psoriasis": a critical analysis.
abstract: In 1995 Rubino, et al. reported that a cluster analysis provided evidence for four different personalities in patients with psoriasis. Because they did not include controls with other disfiguring chronic dermatologic conditions, did not relate severity of disfigurement or chronicity of the psoriasis with personality dysfunction, and did not assess pre- and post-onset of psoriasis personality structure, we do not think it is prudent at this time to draw conclusions about personality and psoriasis.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan. fukunisi@prit.go.jp
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012803:Sick Role