title: Neurotic excoriations and dermatitis artefacta.
abstract: Patients with different psychiatric disorders produce artefacts on the skin, each requiring a different therapeutic approach. These different disorders are outlined briefly. The clinical picture, pathology, psychopathology, differential diagnosis, treatment, course, and prognosis of dermatitis artefacta and neurotic excoriations are reviewed in greater detail.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Koblenzer
mesh_terms: D003872:Dermatitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis