Assessment of Psychiatric Illness in Severe Acne Patients: An Institutional Based Study

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dc.contributor.authorBatra, Mukeshen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:25:34Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:25:34Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractBackground: Acne is an inflammatory disorder of pilosebaceous units and is prevalent in adolescence. The field ofpsycho-dermatology encompasses all conditions involving themind and the skin. The present study was undertaken forassessing psychiatric illness in severe acne patients.Materials & Methods: A total of 100 severe acne patientswere enrolled in the present study. Complete demographic,clinical, past medical and detailed family history of all thepatients was obtained. All the results were recorded inMicrosoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSS software.Results: Among these 100 patients, psychiatric illness wasfound to be present in 21 patients. Anxiety and depressionwere found to be 8 and 7 patients respectively. Somatizationwas found to be present in 3 patients. Obsession was found tobe present in 2 patients. Males had significantly higherincidence of psychiatric illness among acne patients.Conclusion: Occurrence of psychiatric illness is a significantproblem among acne patients; especially among upper.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssociate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Index Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.Assistant Professor, 2Associate Professor,en_US
dc.identifier.citationBatra Mukesh. Assessment of Psychiatric Illness in Severe Acne Patients: An Institutional Based Study. International Journal of Medical Research Professionals. 2019 Jul; 5(3): 290-293en_US
dc.identifier.issn2454-6364
dc.identifier.issn2454-6356
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/203375
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIbn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine & Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber3en_US
dc.relation.volume5en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org//10.21276/ijmrp.2019.5.3.067en_US
dc.subjectAcneen_US
dc.subjectAnxietyen_US
dc.subjectDepressionen_US
dc.subjectPsychiatric Illness.en_US
dc.titleAssessment of Psychiatric Illness in Severe Acne Patients: An Institutional Based Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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