Neurotic Excoriations

MacKee, George M.

doi:10.1001/archderm.1920.02350030024002

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“…Patients with “neurotic excoriations” differ from those with other forms of self‐inflicted skin injury, largely in their open admission of damaging the skin themselves (MacKee, 1920). Such patients are not uncommon, for example, 168 were seen at St. John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin between 1952 and 1965 (Neves, 1966).…”

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Neurotic Excoriations ‐ A Quantitative Approach to the Effect of Treatment

Savin

1970

Int J Clinical Practice

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Neurotic Excoriations ‐ A Quantitative Approach to the Effect of Treatment

Savin

1970

Int J Clinical Practice

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Neurotic excoriations: A review and some new perspectives

Gupta

Haberman

1986

Comprehensive Psychiatry

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Neurotic excoriation is a commonly encountered dermatologic syndrome, which is usually associated with psychiatric pathology, most commonly obsessive-compulsive traits and depression. This disorder typically runs a chronic course. In addition to symptomatic dermatologic treatments for the self-inflicted excoriations and secondary pruritus, the treatment for this disorder is primarily psychiatric. In spite of this, neurotic excoriation has received little attention in the psychiatric literature, probably reflecting a lack of adequate collaboration between the dermatologist and the psychiatrist. This article critically reviews the literature on this disorder, and presents the salient features of five consecutive cases seen at the psychiatry-dermatology liaison clinic at our hospital. Possible etiology and treatment strategies in a previously unreported subgroup of patients with seemingly intractable symptoms are discussed. Further, the review highlights the fact that knowledge of this symptom complex is important for all psychiatrists, since it is frequently a "cutaneous sign" of psychopathology.

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The self-inflicted dermatoses: A critical review

Gupta¹,

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Haberman³

1987

General Hospital Psychiatry

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The self-inflicted dermatoses, namely dermatitis artefacta, neurotic excoriations, and trichotillomania, have been reported to be associated with various degrees of psychopathology in the dermatologic literature, but have received surprisingly little emphasis in the psychiatric literature. This probably reflects, firstly the fact that most of these patients initially deny any psychologic problems and hence may not receive psychiatric interventions, and secondly a lack of adequate collaboration between the psychiatrist and dermatologist. These disorders may be associated with serious sequelae, such as suicide and repeated major surgical procedures. Their treatment is also primarily psychiatric. This article critically reviews the literature and comments upon the salient clinical features and treatments for these disorders, which are relevant for the psychiatrist doing consultation-liaison work. Knowledge of these disorders is important in the evaluation of any psychiatric patient, as these disorders are essentially a cutaneous sign of psychopathology.

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Neurotic Excoriations

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Neurotic Excoriations ‐ A Quantitative Approach to the Effect of Treatment

Neurotic Excoriations ‐ A Quantitative Approach to the Effect of Treatment

Neurotic excoriations: A review and some new perspectives

The self-inflicted dermatoses: A critical review

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