A case of dermatitis artefacta during a pandemic

Abstract

The beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic was associated with extreme measures taken by different countries to prevent and contain its spread: Italy was among the first countries that decided to set up travels bans and policies in order to limit the burden of the disease. The implications of this crisis have been associated with adverse psychological outcomes in the general population: as a matter of fact, individuals who were already at risk had to endure additional psychological trauma because of the loss of their loved ones, unemployment